Baker Extraordinaire, Brooke Fedagain stopped by for a visit with her delectable white chocolate and peppermint scones. I have always adored scones and these were especially divine.
Brooke is a fashion designer by profession and worked with Tommy Hilfiger, but like many of us Old Fashioned Moms elected to be with her family full time. She now writes a wonderful lifestyle blog called Be Fed Again that explores various projects and heavenly recipes!
View the White Chocolate and Peppermint Scone Recipe at www.Befedagain.com
White chocolate and peppermint scones
Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup white chocolate ships
1/2 cup candy canes (6 candy canes) crushed
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda into a large bowl. Add butter and mix in with a pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in white chocolate chips and crushed candy canes. Gradually add buttermilk and peppermint extract, tossing with a fork until moist clumps form. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Knead briefly to bind dough, maybe 4 turns. Form dough into 1 inch thick rectangle. Cut rectangle in half lengthwise, then cut out squares. Then, cut squares at a diagonal making a triangle. Transfer wedges to prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until tops of scones are golden brown, about 25 minutes.
