Ahhh...the weekend! A time to shake off the office wear, silence the work-issued smart phone, let your alter ego loose and, perhaps, break a few rules...
My alter ego goes by the name, Kandi. Hells yeah, with a 'K'! (I know, I know, but in the wise words of Walt Whitman - "Be curious, not judgmental.")
While I'm not known for sleeping in past noon, Kandi has proudly pled guilty to that charge on numerous occasions - usually following a night of unspeakable pleasures. It's the stuff weekends are made of, after all, she tells me! AND brunch!
Yes, Kandi loves brunch! That hybrid meal that folds breakfast's egg whites into lunch's strips of stake and asparagus stalks, effectively killing two birds with one stone.
Or, as Kandi would say, sating two appetites with one scone, as she has done here. She certainly likes to break the rules, in the best possible ways, of course - in AND out of the kitchen. Leave it to her to serve up chocolate for brunch. And a triple threat, at that.
Chocolate scones, stuffed with CHIPITS coffee flavored chocolate chips and topped with chocolate cinnamon glaze, all made from scratch and served up fresh. Coffee Chocolate Chip Scones, to be exact.
Now, if you visit here often, you'll know I have a preference for tea - hot, cold, frozen, infused and baked. Coffee, not so much... but for Kandi I make exceptions! And boy did she kill it - temporarily converting me in the process!
What can I say? She certainly lives up to her name! The mister can attest...
So, in true Kandi fashion, she managed to pack breakfast, lunch and dessert into what we now call Brunchsert, or was it DeBrunch? Hmm...
Oh, this sweet, caffeinated high has rendered me senseless. I'll need some time to recover. See you back here in a few days.
Chocolate & Coffee Combos:
Servings: 1 dozen
Ingredients
Scones
- 160 ml table cream
- 1 large egg
- 5 g pure vanilla extract
- 175 g unbleached all-purpose flour
- 30 g unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 9 g baking powder
- 2.5 g ground cinnamon
- 1 g table salt
- 80 g unsalted butter cold and cut into cubes
- 100 g Hershey's CHIPITS® Coffee Flavored Chips
Glaze (optional)
- 20 g cocoa powder
- 25 g confectioner's sugar
- 1 g ground cinnamon
- 60 ml table cream more or less to your preferred consistency
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375ºF. Line two cookie sheets with silpat mats or parchment paper.
- In a separate bowl, combine the cream, egg and extract and whisk until combined. Set aside.
- Sift together all the dry ingredients into a bowl.
- Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it reaches a coarse, crumb-like texture. Stir in the coffee chocolate chips.
- Add the cream mixture and stir just until the dough comes together.
- Lightly flour a clean surface and knead the dough lightly. Using your hands, shape the dough into a disk and cut out 10 - 12 wedges, depending on your size preference.
- Place wedges on the prepared baking sheets and use a pastry brush to a little brush cream on top of each wedge.
- Bake for approximately 18-20 minutes. Baked scones will be firm around the edges with a somewhat soft centre.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for a few minutes before adding glaze.
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G Pavao says
OOOh, this looks delicious. I had to pin this one. I have a feeling hubby will be having scones ones of these days. Thanks for sharing.
I Sugar Coat It! says
Thanks for pinning! I have a feeling your hubby will like. 😉
Radhika says
Love your dish! And your photographs just keep getting better and better!
I Sugar Coat It! says
Why, thank you, Radhika! 🙂
G Pavao says
Made them yesterday. Forget the hubby I love them. Love the subtle flavor that the cinnamon adds.
I Sugar Coat It! says
YAY!! So pleased you tried it and liked it! Did you use the coffee chocolate chips or regular chocolate chips?
G Pavao says
Not only is this now hubby approved but my daughter stopped by yesterday and loved them too. She started out by eating only 1/2 half. Then got up and had the other half and I had made them a little bigger than yours. I think I only made about seven. Will definitely be making them again. I really love the addition of the cinnamon. It really adds to the flavor.
I Sugar Coat It! says
Thanks again for your feedback, Goreti!! Cinnamon never disappoints in my books.
G Pavao says
You are so right. I really love cinnamon. I even add some cinnamon when brewing my coffee and I don't really like flavored coffee. It is also great for your health. I buy cinnamon stick & using them to make tea. Believe it or not, it seems to have help regulate my blood sugar. There was a definite improvement in my numbers and have managed to beat the family curse of diabetes so far.
01VanillaBean01 says
I have never made scones and every time I see a post about them I ask myself why I haven't tried them yet. Looking at these I'm wishing that I could wake up tomorrow and these would be waiting for me for breakfast!
I Sugar Coat It! says
That could be arranged, Paula! 😉