Chocolate Chip Scones with Blood Orange Glaze

These chocolate chip scones are one of those delicious carb filled snacks that are quick and easy to make and really hit the spot when you want something satisfying. They're light and buttery making these perfect for a special breakfast or a snack. Being only slightly sweet they are best served warm with some butter melting into them, or you can drizzle them with our vibrant, sweet and tangy blood orange glaze.

These chocolate chip scones are golden and crisp on the outside and soft and light in the centre and you can’t go wrong with the molten pools of chocolate either! Talking chocolate, why not try our chocolate peanut butter baked oatmeal.

The blood orange glaze is the perfect way to celebrate these vibrant seasonal fruits and makes the scones perfect for a special Valentine’s day, Easter or Mother's Day breakfast. Or if you are after even more chocolate chips, try our chocolate chip baked oatmeal or chocolate hot cross buns.

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You need these chocolate chip scones in your life right now and these are the reasons why:

Easy - these scones are very quick and easy to put together, making them suitable to get the kids involved. Albeit maybe a bit messy, they're overall super fun to make. Ha!

Fluffy - working these chocolate chip scones together gently with the cold butter allows the centres to be light and fluffy as the butter and flour creates a flaky soft texture.

Chocolate chips - anything that has chocolate chips in wins our vote! You just can’t go wrong with them! Who else is with us?! Check out this chocolate chip zucchini bread.

Zesty - to make these a little bit special you’ll be adding some of the blood orange (or just orange) zest into the scone mix - chocolate orange scones are the best!

Flour - you’ll need two types of flour in these scones, all purpose flour for lightness and spelt flour for texture and flavor.

Baking store cupboard - you’ll need baking powder as a raising agent and a little ground cinnamon and sea salt.

Sweetness - these scones are only lightly sweetened due to the use of the blood orange glaze. You’ll need some soft brown sugar, which you can switch out for coconut sugar or granulated sugar if you like. You’ll also need some powdered sugar (icing sugar) for the glaze.

Butter - the best chocolate chip scones are made with butter, giving them a lovely light flaky texture.

Mix-ins - these scones get their unique flavor from mixing in blood orange zest and chocolate chips! Feel free to use normal oranges or a clementine if you can't find blood oranges. The pink glaze really does make them quite special though.

Follow these simple steps to success for these tasty scones!

1. First things first, make sure you preheat your oven to 180^oC/350^oF. In a large bowl, mix together your flours, baking powder, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Once combined, add the cold butter cubes into the dry ingredients.
2. Rub the cold butter cubes into the flour mix until you are left with pea size lumps of butter throughout the flour.
3. Add the blood orange zest and chocolate chips/chunks into the bowl and stir throughout the flour mix.
4. Add the lightly beaten egg and gradually stir the milk into the dry ingredients.

5. Bring together the chocolate chip scones dough with your hands until uniform but without overworking it. Flecks of butter are a good thing! The dough shouldn’t be dry but you don’t want it too sticky either. Flatten it into a round about 1 inch thick.
6. Cut the round into 8 wedges and brush the tops with a little egg wash leftover from the main mix.
7. Place the scones on a parchment lined baking sheet with enough space in between them.
8. Bake the chocolate chip scones at 180^oC/350^oF for 15 minutes until golden brown on the outside. Leave them to cool a little before glazing and serving!

Here are some tips and tricks we recommend for making these chocolate chip scones.

Liquid - we recommend adding most of the lightly whisked egg (reserving some for the top) and starting with half the amount of milk, gradually adding the rest. We find that 100 ml is about right, but it really depends on the humidity in your kitchen and the flour used. You want to work it all in gently and not overwork which will make the scones tough. It should just come together into a dough ball and not be dry to touch or too sticky.

Cold ingredients - the butter you’ll be using needs to be really cold. The reason for this is it will give you the flakiest and fluffiest scone dough. If its too warm you will lose that buttery mottled look of the dough which gives the best texture.

Egg wash - the reserved bit of egg from earlier in making the scones is used for brushing over the top of them before baking, this will give them a nice golden crust and slight crispy edge leaving the insides soft and fluffy.

Glazing - we would recommend allowing the scones to cool a bit before glazing them with the blood orange glaze. If not you’ll find your glaze will melt and go very thin.

Here are some suggestions for servings.

Breakfast - the fact that these scones are only lightly sweetened means they make for a perfect breakfast, you can warm them up in the oven or microwave to enjoy them warm with a bit of butter if you like. They also make an alternative Valentine’s day breakfast if that’s something you are looking for.

Buttery snack - get these scones warmed up and slather them with your favorite butter. We would highly recommend some slightly salted butter and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup to finish it off, or even your favorite jam or marmalade.

Glaze - obviously this recipe comes with guidance for a blood orange glaze, but you can adjust that to any flavor glaze you wish! The sky is not the limit!