Chocolate Chip Rum Raisin Scones

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 1/3 cup buttermilk or 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• 8 ounces unsalted butter (at room temperature cut into pieces)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt, and set aside.
• 2 line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• 3 with an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat butter until creamy.
• 4 add sugar and beat 3 to 5 minutes until pale and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 scrape down sides of bowl and reduce speed to low.
• 7 add flour mixture-mix only until blended. scrape down sides of bowl again.
• 8 add buttermilk or cream (or yogurt, if using) and mix only until blended.
• 9 add vanilla and rum, and stir in chocolate chips.
• 10 fold in raisins.
• 11 using ice cream scoop, scoop 1/3 cupfuls of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• 12 bake 12 minutes at 350°f (180°c) then reduce to 325°f (160°c) and bake 10-13 minutes longer.
• 13 watch them closely, you only want them a pale color.
• 14 note: if desired, you can freeze the scoopfuls of dough until ready to bake.