Chocolate Cherry Almond Scones Recipe

Chocolate Cherry Almond Scones Recipe

When cherries stared at me on the counter yesterday, I knew just what to do. Combine them with a little chocolate and almonds and make chocolate cherry almond scones. 

Biscuits and scones abound here at Spinach Tiger. They are easy, fast and satisfy that desire for something a little sweet without going to all the trouble of making a cake.

I like to bake for therapy, and Saturday was just such a day. We were getting new hardware floors installed on the second floor and I had to be here to move furniture back and forth between the rooms. It was too hot to go out on my brand new deck. Some of the time I went to the basement to paint furniture and then there was baking.

I had no idea how these scones were going to taste and I was guessing at amounts. I got lucky or maybe I’ve baked so much my intuition carried me through. Feel free to add more cherries, but I’d be careful adding more chocolate if you use a dark chocolate as I did.

Chocolate Cherry Almond Scones Recipe with a Gluten Free Option

Many people are starting to thank me for including gluten free recipes. I am so excited that I recently cracked the code on gluten free biscuits, by adding a secret ingredient.

My flour of choice at the moment is Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free flour 1 to 1 baking.

I only put the slivered almonds on top which seemed to be just right for crunch for that perfect bite.

Mr. ST thought the chocolate cherry almond scones were a winning combination of flavors. I was surprised because he’s not a cherry fan. This just goes to show you, that everyone probably likes everything at least some of the time.

So tell me, have you ever made a scone? Do you bake gluten free? I would LOVE to hear from you. Do you want more gluten free baking recipes? 

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Gluten Free Option

• 2¼ cups gluten free baking flour (I used King Arthur), more for dusting
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 8 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup heavy cream, plus 1 tablespoon of cream for brushing.
• 1 egg
• 20 fresh cherries, pitted and finely chopped
• 2 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped (or 1/2 cup chocolate chips)
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• raw sugar for dusting

Follow same instructions as below. As egg to the cream.  Sub cream for buttermilk.

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Chocolate Cherry Almond Scones Recipe

The combination of chocolate cherry and almonds is perfect for scones. Great for snacking and I've included a gluten free option

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour plus 2 tablespoons
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons of butter cut into small pieces.
• 1/2 cup heavy cream see note
• 1/2 cup buttermilk see note
• 20 fresh cherries pitted
• 2 ounces dark chocolate can sub with semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• raw sugar for dusting

Instructions

• Combine flour, salt sugar.
• Freeze butter for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 450.
• Chop cherries,toss with two tablespoons flour, set aside.
• Chop Chocolate set aside.
• Combine flour mixture with butter, until you form larger than pea pieces.
• Add chocolate and cherries.Mix gently.
• Add buttermilk and cream. Stir with wooden spoon.
• Pat down with your hands to form a 7-8 inch diameter.
• Flour the bottom and top to make for easy cutting.
• Brush with milk or cream.
• Top with almonds. Use as many as you like. Try to cover completely.
• Sprinkle raw sugar.
• Cut into 7 pieces, like a pie and put on baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

You can use all cream, all buttermilk, or a combination.

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