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Chocolate Chip Sourdough Scones
Chocolate Chip Sourdough Scones brings together baking powder, semi-sweet chocolate, and sourdough discard. The rising or proving step is part of making this recipe. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 90 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 11 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Appetizers & snacks · Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
- Dish type
- Breads
A few quick notes
1. Leave time for the dough
The rising or proving step is part of making this recipe. Read it before starting, and follow the dough checks in the method as well as any stated timing.
2. Mix the thickener as directed
The thickening step has its own little bit of preparation. Follow the mixing step before adding it, then use the consistency check in the method as you finish.
3. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
Get to know the ingredients
Baking powder
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt, in a large bowl.
Semi-sweet chocolate
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the chocolate chunks to the flour mixture and stir to combine.
Sourdough discard
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Whisk together the sourdough discard, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 10 steps completeMake room for Chocolate Chip Sourdough Scones
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Drizzle the glaze over the cooled scones, then enjoy! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven and baking sheet. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Gather ingredients and preheat the oven to 425ºF.
Which little step is worth remembering?
The rising or proving step is part of making this recipe. Read it before starting, and follow the dough checks in the method as well as any stated timing.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: While the scones are cooling, combine powdered sugar with 1 Tbsp milk until it forms a thick glaze.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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