Which do you prefer, sweet or savoury scones? My favourite has to be a classic Devon (or is it Cornish?) cream tea scone with butter, jam and clotted cream. I wanted to try another sweet version that was a little bit different, so came up with hazelnut & chocolate chip scones.
As they contain lots of filling chocolate and nuts, I used a smaller cutter than normal to make the scones. The recipe quantities made 18 of this size. Needless to say, if you use a larger cutter, you’ll probably get about a dozen instead.
Sweet scones are usually split in half and spread with butter, jam and cream. These really suit being smeared with Nutella.
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Hazelnut & chocolate chip scones
Ingredients
- 375 g self-raising flour
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- pinch of salt
- 20 g cold butter cubed
- 50 g caster sugar
- 300 ml buttermilk
- 50 g hazelnuts roughly chopped
- 50 g milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225ºC/440ºF/gas mark 7
- Grease & line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Into a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cream of tartar and salt
- Rub in the cubes of butter
- Stir in the sugar
- Make a well in the centre and pour in the buttermilk
- Bring the mixture together until it forms a ragged ball of dough. Don't over mix
- Fold in the chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chips
- Turn the mixture out on to a well-floured work surface and flatten the dough to about 5cm high
- Use a circular cutter to form the scones. Bring together the remaining bits of dough to form a solid ball. Gently flatten again so that you can cut out more circles
- Put the scones on the prepared baking sheet and brush the top of each with a little milk or egg-wash
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the tops are a lovely golden brown
- Allow to cool completely on a wire rack
These look amazing
Plain Scones for me
I like both depending on what mood I am in
This looks amazing. Love sweet scones.
Love sweet scones!
Mmmm these look delish! Sweet all the way!!
I love savoury, in fact cheese scones are my favourite!
I prefer sweet scones otherwise my strawberry jam tastes funny!
neither to be honest
Sweet xx
I’ve never experimented with scones, I love savoury cheese scones and the usual scones with strawberry jam on.
I prefer sweet scones.
I prefer sweet scones
I love sweet scones
I love sweet scones with jam and cream
These sound right up my street.
Love a plain scone with blackcurrant jam and cream but also quite partial to a cheese scone. Usually share with husband if we have them out so that we get half of each!
Definitely prefer sweet scones.
Sweet all way for me!
Sweet
Plain scones but I’m going to try and make these they look delicious.
I like both savoury and sweet scones
Can’t decide, love sweet scones with strawberry jam and thick double cream but do like a homemade cheese scone made with tangy strong cheese and mustard, warm from the oven with lots of butter x
I have only really tried scones with butter and jam. I really want to try some cheese scones though.
Sweet
Sweet scones for me
These look delicious. I prefer sweet scones but I like savoury too.
I love savoury scones but a sweet filling is tempting.
I prefer plain scones.
I love sweet scones with jam and cream
Ooh, they look too sweet. I am a fan of plain scones – no raisins or sultanas, either – or savoury pinwheel scones.