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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> Scottish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 425°F. | 2. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl. | 3. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until a coarse meal is formed. | 4. Whisk together the egg yolk and cream in a small bowl, then stir into the flour mixture just enough to blend (do not overmix). | 5. Dump dough onto a lightly floured surface, dust your hands lightly with flour and knead dough gently 5 times, just to bring the dough together. | 6. Gently press dough into a thick round, then use a 2 1/2" round biscuit cutter to cut out scones. | 7. Gather scraps, reform your dough circle and cut remaining scones out. | 8. Bake on large baking sheet lined with parchment and brush lightly with a bit of milk. | 9. Bake until puffy and dry around the edges, about 18 minutes. | 10. Cool on racks slightly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	1/2	cup	unsweetened	98.04	24.897	8.427999999999999	5.891
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted chilled cut	813.795	0.0681	0.9648	92.0599
heavy cream	1 1/4	cups	chilled	510.0	4.11	4.26	54.12
egg yolk	1			54.74	0.6103	2.6962	4.5118
milk				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.