This is one of my favorite ways to count to five.
It has chocolate. So.. yea.
Do you get those giant chocolate oranges at Christmas? It’s a giant bulb of chocolate shaped like an orange, with wedge segments and everything… and it tastes like an orange! Well, an orange drowned in chocolate. I love those things… but I’m a weirdo.
I turned one of those chocolate oranges into a scone with butter and buttermilk. So tender. Like little pillows of good.
Orange and Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Scones
makes four large or six small scones
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1 large egg yolk
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cold buttermilk
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Place rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. I use my fingers to rub the butter and dry ingredients together. In another bowl, combine egg yolk and buttermilk and beat lightly with a fork. Add to flour mixture all at once, stirring enough to make a soft dough. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Turn out onto a floured board and knead about 15 times. Roll or pat out into a 1-inch thickness. Cut into 4 large or 6 small squares. Place on prepared baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees F for 12-15 minutes. These are best when serve immediately with butter and jam.
Jessica
Amazing! Joy – you are a genius!
: )
Marie
Up until last night I hated scones because every one I’d had was like a dry, crumbly brick. I couldn’t figure out why people liked them so much, but I was determined to find out so I came to your site to do some searching. I figured you would have a good scone recipe. I was soo right because last night I made these scones, on a whim, and they were like deliciously tender biscuit-y things! I am now a believer in the value of scones. These are scones done right. I did lemon zest and white chocolate chips instead. Except, I totally forgot the white chocolate chips…whatevs. They were still amazing. THANK YOU! :)
Emi Sorensen
These are wonderful. Mine turned out to have more of a biscuit-y texture, but they still float my boat! I love the orange zing and who doesn’t love melted chocolate bits for breakfast!?
Aurora
Joy these were great! I may reduce the salt next time- it was a little noticeably salty. I did up the orange to a little more than a TB, and I thought it was great like that. I would really love to use a good quality dark chocolate that has a orange flavor- I know Lindt has a good bar. I love that these aren’t very sweet! I ended up with 7, though one was noticeably smaller than the others haha. I baked them for 10 min.
Jamie
Made a double batch of these this morning and they are almost all gone…better hide one now to warm up with tea later! Delicious…this is going in my permanent recipe file. Thanks Joy!
Marie Baars
YUM!
I made these for my book keeping class tonight ( I doubled the recipe, but there is only 8 of us including the teacher haha!) And they were a huge hit! Everyone lovvveeeddd them and I am now required to bring snacks every class :)
Jillian
Marie!
that is totally what happened in my Marketing class. They made me nutrition provider or something silly like that. Haha.
Aimee Stephenson
I love your blog oh-so-much. This recipe was super-easy and made the most delectable looking scones. I whipped this up for my boyfriend’s birthday breakfast, and I haven’t eaten one yet, but they look amazing! I had never made scones before, and this was so simple and gratifying to bake. Thank you so much <3
Eponine
I made these scones over the weekend and I couldn’t stop eating them! They were amazing! And scones are always so tricky but these weren’t. I was even able to mix whole wheat flour with the white flour and they still turned out moist and fluffy.
I did, however, think that there wasn’t enough orange flavor compared to the chocolate so I changed it to 1/3 cup of chocolate and added a bit of orange extract to the batter. I also added an orange glaze/icing on the top. For the recipe and my comments on these scones, see my blog: https://deareponine.wordpress.com.
Thanks Joy for this recipe. They were great.
Andrea
I loved these scones! I had dark chocolate orange left over from Christmas, so I decided to chop it up and use that in this recipe. They turned out perfectly, so light and fluffy!
Isa
LOVE YOUR BLOG!
Scarleth
Hey Joy!!
I’ve recently discovered you blog & LOVE it!!! Can’t wait to buy your cookbook! Awesome job! Keep on baking! :-D
Debbie Miller
Have been making these for my family for a couple of months now, we absolutely LOVE them. I use a premium dark chocolate with large chunks and they are amazing. Love the website…….better go the timer is letting me know that they are ready to take out of the oven. I’m packing them for the plane ride to Florida for the family;)