These delicious chocolate chip orange scones are moist and bursting with flavor. Perfect treat for brunch or breakfast. Not too sweet but sweet enough and goes beautifully with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
I can mix these up in 15 minutes and then they bake in only 17 minutes so it’s something you can quickly make in the morning to serve guests or for a treat on the weekend.
The secret to good scones is using cold butter and not over mixing the dough. It’s easy to mix up by hand but I also use my mixer being careful to just bring the dough together and not over mix and knead it. 
Ingredients needed for Chocolate Chip Orange Scones:
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- all purpose flour, bread flour works great too
- white sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- butter, I use salted butter for everything
- whole milk, heavy cream works great too
- vanilla extract
- orange juice and zest, one large orange is usually enough
- semisweet chocolate chips, I like using the mini chocolate chips if I have them but big ones work great too
How to make the scones:
- First you mix together your dry ingredients and then add the butter. You can do this with the mixer or by hand using a fork or dough cutter. I cube the butter and incorporate it into the dough until it’s broken down into pea sized pieces. It’ll take some time but just be patient and break it down. This will make the dough moist and flaky. It’ll be worth it in the end!
- Add the wet ingredients and mix to just bring the dough together.
- Dump the dough onto a floured surface and divide in half. Shape into two balls. Squish the dough down with your hands to form a uniform circle about an inch thick. Cut each circle into 8 pieces. You could totally just leave the dough in one big ball and make eight big scones. I prefer the smaller scones simply because they stretch further and little kids can handle the smaller ones better than if they’re too big.
- Place the scones on a baking sheet and bake in 400 degree preheated oven for 17 minutes. Place on baking rack or parchment paper until cool. Store in airtight container.
Scones make great gifts for Christmas, teachers, friends, anybody and any occasion really. My family is always excited when I bake some.
Enjoy!
~Rachel Ballinger☕️💕
“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.” ~Rachel
Chocolate Chip Orange Scones
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In your mixer combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut the cold butter into smaller pieces and add to the dry mixture. Mix together until the butter is broken into small little pieces. It will take time so just be patient and it will break down!
- Mix in milk, vanilla, orange juice, and orange zest until moistened. Add chocolate chips and mix till combined. Turn out the dough onto a floured surface.
- Divide dough in half and by hand form both sections into circles. You want the dough about an inch thick. Then cut each circle into 8 pieces like a pie with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
- Place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 17 minutes or until golden brown.
