Quick and Easy Chocolate Cherry Scones Recipe Gluten Free

December 29, 2021

Quick and Easy Chocolate Cherry Scone Recipe

This quick and easy chocolate and cherry scone recipe is the perfect way to elevate your gatherings for the year.

It doesn’t take much to pour into your dear relationships. Just an hour a week can build upon a friendship and deepen it. And tea and scones are a wonderful vehicle to making it happen! These chocolate and cherry scones are great for small get-togethers in a cozy living room or after a brisk walk in the chilly winter air.

Quick and Easy Chocolate Cherry Scones Recipe

Quick and Easy Chocolate Cherry Scone Recipe

Makes 12 scones

Prep Time: 15 min.; Bake Time: 15 min.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour OR
- 2 cups Krusteaz Gluten-free all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ cup cold butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
¼ cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped
3 oz. semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup whipping cream, divided
wax paper

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450°F.
Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until crumbly and mixture resembles small peas. Freeze 5 minutes.
Add in cherries, chocolate, and ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp. cream, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Turn dough onto wax paper; gently press or pat dough into a 7-inch round (dough will be crumbly). Using a circular cutter, cut into 12 scones, gathering scraps and re-patting as necessary.
Places scones 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining 2 Tbsp. cream just until moistened.
Bake at 450°F for 13 – 15 minutes or until golden.