Salty peanut scones

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12
  • 85 g Buttermilk
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 250 g Flour
  • 2 TEASPOONS Baking Powder
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Baking soda
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 1/4 TEASPOON Salt
  • 125 g Butter
  • 100 g salty peanut kernels
  • 75 g Dark chocolate drops
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk buttermilk and egg. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. Cut butter into cubes and add to the flour mixture. Mix quickly with your fingertips to a coarse crumbly dough.

  2. 2

    Briefly stir in the peanuts, chocolate and buttermilk and egg mixture. Stir only until just enough to form a dough.

  3. 3

    Form dough into 2 balls. Roll each ball into a circle (approx. 15 cm Ø) on a floured work surface. Cut the circles into six with a knife. Place the pieces on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 10-12 minutes. Remove and let cool on a cake rack. Dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
250 kcal
CARBS
23 g
FATS
16 g
PROTEINS
6 g