Vanilla Chocolate Chip Mini Scones Food

MINI VANILLA SCONES WITH VANILLA BEAN GLAZE

Steps:

• For the scones: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Split the vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape out all the vanilla "caviar" inside. Stir the caviar into the cream. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Sift together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut the cold butter into pats, and then use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut the butter into the flour. Keep going until the mixture resembles crumbs.
• Mix the vanilla cream with the egg, and then combine with the flour mixture. Stir gently with a fork just until it comes together.
• Turn the dough onto a floured surface and lightly press it together until it forms a rough rectangle. (Mixture will be pretty crumbly.) Use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle about 12-by-7 inches and 1/2-to-3/4-inches thick. Use your hands to help with the forming if necessary. Then cut the rectangle into 12 symmetrical squares/rectangles. Next, cut each square/rectangle in half diagonally, to form two triangles. Transfer to a parchment or baking-mat-lined cookie sheet and bake for 18 minutes, removing from the oven just before they start to turn golden. Allow to cool for 15 minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• For the glaze: Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the caviar. Stir the caviar into the milk. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Mix the powdered sugar and salt with the vanilla milk, adding more powdered sugar or milk if necessary to get the right consistency. Stir or whisk until completely smooth.
• One at a time, carefully dunk each cooled scone in the glaze, turning it over if necessary. Transfer to parchment paper or the cooling rack. Allow the glaze to set completely, about an hour. Scones will keep several days if glazed.

MINI VANILLA SCONES (LIKE STARBUCKS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 deg. F.
• Whisk together dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Using any method you prefer, cut the cold butter into the dry ingredients until flour resembles coarse meal, or use the following tip:.
• The "grate" method: I grate a block of cold butter against the large holes of a box grater and weigh the butter ribbons to get the amount I need (1 TBL butter = 14 grams, so 5 TBL = 70 grams). Toss the butter ribbons with the flour mixture, and then use two knives to cut the flour-coated ribbons into 1/4-inch pieces.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, egg yolk and vanilla extract until blended. Add this to the flour-butter mixture and stir with a fork until dough forms a cohesive ball. Use a spatula to get the dry bits fully incorporated. (It may not seem to have enough liquid at first, but the dough will eventually come together.).
• Place the sticky dough onto a parchment-lined (or ungreased) baking sheet and pat into a disk about 1-inch in height. Cut the dough into wedges but do not separate. Or scoop dough into a mini scone pan if available. (Yield will vary depending on how big you slice the wedges.).
• Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown on top.
• PREPARE GLAZE WHILE SCONES ARE BAKING.
• GLAZE:.
• Place powdered sugar in a medium bowl, and add water one teaspoon at a time, mixing vigorously until smooth and runny.
• Use a pastry brush to apply a thin layer of glaze over the hot scones. Brushing rather than drizzling gives a smoother appearance and requires less glaze.
• Serve immediately. Store cooled scones in an airtight container.

MINI CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F Brush pan with vegetable shortening or butter. In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Blend butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or two knives. The mixture should look like course meal. Stir in chocolate chips. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla extract and then add to the flour mixture. Stir just until the dough comes together. Do not over mix the dough. Divide dough evenly among wells in pan. Bake for 13-18 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and serve.

CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425F.
• Grease baking sheet.
• In large bowl, combine flour and sugar.
• With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In small bowl, combine milk, egg and vanilla.
• Add to dry ingredients along with chocolate chips and mix with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 5-6 times.
• With lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 7" round.
• Cut into 4 wedges.
• Place scones, 1" apart, on greased baking sheet.
• Pierce tops with tines of fork.
• Bake scones 18-20 min.
• or until golden brown.
• Serve warm.
• Makes 4 scones.