Dark Chocolate Cherry Scones
An easy and delicious scones recipe that is filled with dark chocolate and candied cherries, baked until golden and drizzled with glaze.
Servings: 10 Scones
Ingredients
Dark Chocolate Cherry Scones
- 2 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, cut into small pieces
- ¾ cup candied cherries, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup half and half
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon coarse sugar
Cherry Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon cherry extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Dark Chocolate Cherry Scones
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
- Using a pastry cutter or fork, add butter and mix until crumbly.
- Add chopped cherries and dark chocolate. Stir.
- Pour half and half into the dry ingredients, and with clean hands, mix until just combined. Add additional half and half, if more liquid is needed.
- On a clean surface, lightly covered with flour, knead dough about 8 times.
- Flatten out dough to about 1 inch high and form into a rectangle.
- Sprinkle the top with coarse sugar. Gently pat into dough.
- Cut into 8-10 triangle pieces and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 16-20 minutes or until browned.
- Remove from oven and let cool. once cool, drizzle with glaze and enjoy
Cherry Glaze
- In a small bowl, stir powered sugar, milk and cherry extract together until combined. Once the scones have cooled, drizzle with glaze and enjoy.