Marble Scones Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425F.
• Grease large baking sheet.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Remove 1 1/4 c.
• flour mixture to medium-size bowl.
• In small bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla.
• In cup, combine 1/4 c.
• buttermilk mixture and chocolate.
• Add remaining buttermilk mixture to remaining flour mixture in large bowl and mix lightly with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.
• Add chocolate mixture to the1 1/4 c.
• flour mixture and stir with fork until it forms a soft dough.
• Turn both doughs out onto lightly floured surface; divide chocolate dough into 6 pieces.
• Dot 3 chocolate pieces over surface of plain dough.
• Fold dough over and dot with remaininng 3 pieces; knead gently 5-6 times to marbelize dough.
• Divide dough in half.
• With lightly floured rolling pin, roll one half into a 7" round.
• Cut into 4 wedges.
• Repeat with remaining half of dough.
• Place scones, 1" apart, on greased baking sheet.
• Pierce tops with tines of fork.
• Bake scones 15-18 min.
• or until golden brown.
• Serve warm.