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Prep Time:

20 min

Start to Finish:

35 min

Makes:

8 scones

Cherry-Chocolate Chip Scones

Mix up a little Bisquick® mix with whipping cream, egg and extras like chips and fruit, and you'll have melt-in-your-mouth coffee shop scones.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped dried cherries
  • 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup whipping (heavy) cream
  • 1 egg
  • About 1 tablespoon milk
  • About 1 tablespoon decorator sugar crystals

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 425°F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray. In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, cherries, chocolate chips, granulated sugar, whipping cream and egg until soft dough forms.
  2. Place dough on surface sprinkled with Bisquick mix; gently roll in Bisquick mix to coat. Shape into ball; knead 10 times. Pat dough into 8-inch circle on cookie sheet. Brush dough with milk; sprinkle with sugar crystals. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
  3. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown; carefully separate wedges. Serve warm.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving :
    • Calories : 250 (Calories from Fat: 90)
    • Total Fat : 10g (Saturated Fat: 4½g, Trans Fat: 1g)
    • Cholesterol : 40mg
    • Sodium : 380mg
    • Total Carbohydrate : 35g (Dietary Fiber: 1g, Sugars: 16g)
    • Protein : 4g
  • Percent Daily Value* :
    • Vitamin A (%DV) : 6%
    • Vitamin C (%DV) : 0%
    • Calcium : 4%
    • Iron (%DV) : 6%
  • Exchanges :
    • Starch : 1
    • Other Carbohydrate : 1
    • Vegetable : 0
    • Fat : 2
  • Carbohydrate Choices :  2
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Recipe Tip:

Substitution

Pick your favorite fruit! Dried apricots, cranberries and blueberries are great stand-ins for the dried cherries.

Did You Know?

Scones are a Scottish quick bread that come in a variety of shapes, like triangles, circles, squares, diamonds and rectangles. They can be sweet or savory and are traditionally served for tea and now more often at breakfast and brunch.