My book this week is The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson. It's a heart warming story of a wounded policeman who is in the throws of a trauma from the beginning of the book. The dog's story is interwoven with the man. The author takes you into the man's despair and the dogs struggle. Together they learn to trust, to the greatest extent possible.
Double Chocolate Scones
No glaze needed on these. Dunked in some tea... heavenly
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2/3 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a food processor or bowl, combine dry ingredients, mix well. Add in the butter pieces. Blend until the mixture looks like sand or as they say, mealy. In a separate bow mix in the vanilla, half and half and egg. Add wet ingredients to the dry and mix only until it comes together. Even if there are dry clumps in spots, better to pull it out of the processor and knead it together. Again working it only as much as needed to get together. Pat into a big round disc and then cut into 8 segments. I placed them in my scone pan but certainly you can place them on a baking sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes. Test with a toothpick if you are uncertain.
1 comment:
Your work attracts me to taste the specially made double chocolates. Actually, the contemptuous thing in this blog is the images you have put into your work to take your readers whole attention and these seem delicious and yummy.
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