Chocolate Chip Scones {yum}

Chocolate Chip Scones

This in one of my favorite new recipes.  One of the things that I am missing in the evening is a little dessert or snack once the kids have gone to bed.  Gil and I use to eat popcorn while watching TV and drink hot coco or apple cider...all of these things are now out due to my food allergies or at least until I find a substitute.  These scones are from my Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook and they definitely hit the spot...I usually have one with some strawberries.

Here's the recipe:

2 1/2 cups blanched almond flour

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/3 cup grapeseed oil

1/4 cup agave nectar

2 large eggs

1 cup coarsely chopped dark chocolate 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

in a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt and baking soda.  in a medium bowl, whisk together grapeseed oil, agave nectar and eggs.  Stir wet ingredients into almond flour mixture until thoroughly combined, then fold in the chocolate.  Drop the batter, in scant 1/4 cups 2 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake 12 to 17 minutes, until golden brown or a toothpick inserted into the center of a scone comes out clean.  Let the scones cool for 30 minutes on the baking sheets, then serve.

Here are my variations to this recipe...I have used chocolate chips and not chopped them up...I mean chocolate is chocolate, no matter how you chop it :)  I also put the batter in the refrigerator for about 45 minutes to an hour before I scoop it onto the baking sheet.  The first time I made these I thought I had chocolate chips (but Rosco had eaten them) so I put the batter in the fridge and went to the store to get some.  they baked really good and looked just like the ones in the above picture.  I made these last week and didn't put them in the refrigerator and they smoothed out and looked like big cookies...they tasted the same, but didn't have the look as my first batch.  This time I put the batter in the refrigerator and got the same look as the first batch.  Also I have gotten about 8 scones total, so I have only needed one baking sheet...maybe do one at a time so you don't waste the parchment paper.

Enjoy!