Banana Chocolate Chip Scones

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons cold butter or 12 tablespoons margarine
• 2/3 cup very ripe banana, mashed
• 1 cup banana yogurt or 1 cup sour cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chip
• 3 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, chopped into small pieces
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 (8 ounce) package whipped cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 combine the first 5 ingredients in bowl.
• 3 cut in the butter until the size of peas.
• 4 add the yogurt or sour cream, egg yolk, bananas and chocolate chips.
• 5 combine into ball. flour a surface and knead gently until it comes together.
• 6 grease a cookie sheet. place ball in centre of sheet and pat down to form a disk, about 2 1/2 inches high (approx).
• 7 cut dough in half and then in half the other way (now you have 4 pieces. now repeat again. so now you have 8 triangles.
• 8 pull trianges out from each other so they are not touching too much. this will give you lots of nice crust.
• 9 bake for about 20 minutes. time depends on how thick you made the scones. to test for doneness -- check the centres where they touch. if firm, they should be done.
• 10 for chocolate glaze:.
• 11 when scones are done, put some mini choco chips on top of the scones. leave for 5 minutes, then spread over top.
• 12 or.
• 13 for chocolate cream cheese:.
• 14 heat chocolate and cream until chocolate is melted.
• 15 cool to room temperature.
• 16 stir into whipped cream cheese.
• 17 serve along side scones. yummy!