Scones!

To be honest, I've never really been "in to" any TV shows... I'll watch an episode of SVU if I come across it while flipping the channels, but I've never kept up with a show.  Over the past year or so, I've watched LOST and Friday Night Lights on Netflix, but last night was probably one of the very first times I've worked my schedule around a show.... This fall, I watched seasons 1 and 2 of Downton Abbey and now you could say I'm almost obsessed.

Last night was Season 3 premier, so it was only appropriate to drink tea and eat scones!  I made these delicious chocolate-chip scones and they were SUPER easy!

I found this recipe at www.yummly.com and altered just a little:
Recipe says makes 8... I made 12- more the merrier! Plus, you'll probably have just about everything on hand minus the buttermilk!

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsps unsalted butter (diced)
3/4 cup chocolate chips (chopped)- original recipe calls for the mini chips, but I like bigger chunks of chocolate :)
3/4 cup butter milk
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla extract
milk (for brushing on scones)

Directions:
1. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into large bowl. Add diced butter and rub into flour mixture with fingertips (butter should be reduced to size of rice grains).  Mix in chocolate chips.

2. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolk, and buttermilk in small bowl.  Add mixture to dry ingredients and combine until dough comes together.  Gather dough and roll into one big ball.

3. Press out ball of dough with rolling pin on a floured surface.  Cut round into wedges (I just used a pizza cutter).

4. Transfer to baking sheet, brush scones with milk and then sprinkle with sugar.
5. Bake at 400 degrees until scones are crusty on top- about 15-20 minutes.

I'm making them again this weekend for LAKE WEEKEND 2013- More on that later!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend... HOTTY TODDY and for tonight, Roll Tide!