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I love making scones almost as much as I love eating scones. Up until I discovered my version of scone bliss at Panera a few years back, I always tuned my nose up to them thinking they were a slightly glorified biscuit. As much as I love me a good biscuit – scones are different and scones are delicious.
My latest shipment from Green Mountain Coffee included a variety of K-Cup® portion packs from the The Donut House® Collection. From the minute I opened the box, I knew something mocha was going to be happening in my kitchen.
My initial thought was to make cupcakes – go figure, right? But I wanted to branch out beyond the cupcake and decided to try give Mocha Scones a try. I used my favorite basic scone recipe and infused it with strong, freshly brewed coffee and semi sweet chocolate chips. Then I decided to take the mocha flavor to the next level by drizzling them with a mocha glaze that added the perfect finishing touch to an already incredible scone.
The scones turned out beautifully – they were tender, moist and perfectly sweet. Every single bite was bursting with mocha flavor and I must say they made my cup of Sunday morning coffee all that much more enjoyable.
Whether you’re looking for a midday pick-me-up or a delicious accompaniment to your morning coffee, these scones are sure put a little pep in your step.
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Mocha Scones
Ingredients:
For the Scones
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup strong coffee, room temperature
1 large egg
For the Mocha Glaze
1/4 cup strong coffee
1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
Directions:
For the Scones
1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Use the large holes of a box grater to grate the butter into the flour mixture. Use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in chocolate chips.
3. In a small bowl, whisk sour cream, coffee and egg until smooth.
4. Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until the dough comes together. I typically just use clean hands for this process. Then use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. The dough will be sticky, but it will come together.
5. Place on a lightly floured work surface. Now at this point you can either pat the dough into an 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick and use a sharp knife to cut it into 8 triangles. Or you can pat it into a rectangle, then use a sharp knife to cut 10 even squares. Then cut 10 even squares in half to create 20 smaller triangles.
6. Place scones on prepared baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 for smaller triangles and 18-22 minutes for larger triangles.
7. Cool on wire rack. Once scones are cool, prepare the glaze.
For the Mocha Glaze
1. In a small bowl, combine coffee and confectioners’ sugar and whisk until smooth. Whisk in melted chocolate until thoroughly combined.
2. Lay a large piece of parchment paper on your work surface, place a wire rack over the parchment paper. Place scones on wire rack. Place chocolate glaze in a large zip top bag, use scissors to snip a small piece of the bag off the corner of the bag.
3. Drizzle chocolate glaze over the scones. Allow glaze to set for about an hour.
Notes:
- Store scones at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Scone recipe is adapted from Pam Anderson via allrecipes
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OMG These look great!
These look absolutely wonderful. I will have to add these to my top list of things to bake!
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I was the same way – I’d only ever eaten scones that tasted like hockey pucks. I was convinced that the British wouldn’t eat tea and scones everyday if that’s how they were meant to taste! Ever since I started playing around with recipes, I’ve been addicted. Mocha sounds heavenly…
Oh, these look good! Although now you’re making me wonder — have you ever tried making a chocolate pastry like the one at Panera? They’re kind of like croissants with chocolate chunks on the inside. They are soooo good! I’d love to see a recipe for those!
I think the only successful Pain au Chocolat I’ve managed was with frozen puff pastry and semi sweet chocolate sticks and it still didn’t touch the real thing!
Okay, coffee IN the scones? That’s genius. I am bookmarking this recipe right. now.
These sound so yummy! Awesome.
I love scones as an afternoon treat when the kids are napping/resting upstairs. It feels so luxurious! I can’t wait to try this mocha variation!
mmm… those looks tasty. I too kinda think scones are glorified biscuits, but I love biscuits so bring it. I’ll take two please.
Yummy!! I always forget how much I like scones. I will have to try this recipe soon!
Photographed with those cups of coffee makes me wish I was at your home for breakfast this morning. Wonderful looking scones.