Bread Recipes
Cherry-Chocolate Chip Scones
Mix up a little Bisquick® mix with whipping cream, egg and extras like chips and fruit, and you'll have melt-in-your-mouth coffee shop scones.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
- 1/3 cup finely chopped dried cherries*
- 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup whipping (heavy) cream
- 1 egg
- About 1 tablespoon milk
- About 1 tablespoon decorator sugar crystals
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray.
- In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, cherries, chocolate chips, granulated sugar, whipping cream and egg until soft dough forms.
- Place dough on surface sprinkled with Bisquick mix; gently roll in Bisquick mix to coat. Shape into ball; knead 10 times. Pat dough into 8 inch circle on cookie sheet.
- Brush dough with milk; sprinkle with sugar crystals. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown; carefully separate wedges.
- Serve warm.
Notes
* Substitution: Pick your favorite fruit! Dried apricots, cranberries and blueberries are great stand-ins for the dried cherries.
Nutrition
Per 1 scone: Calories 250 (Calories from Fat 90), Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 1g), Cholesterol 40mg; Sodium 380mg; Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 16g), Protein 4g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 6%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4%; Iron 6%
Exchanges: 1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat
Carbohydrate Choices: 2
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker Kitchens