Chocolate Chip Scones

• 3 cups white unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspn baking powder
• 1/2 teaspn baking soda
• 1/2 teaspn salt
• 1 1/2 sticks cold butter (not margarine!)
• 1 cup buttermilk (or milk with 1 teaspn of lemon juice added, let sit for a few minutes)
• 1 teaspn of orange extract OR 1 teaspn of vanilla extract
• 3/4 to 1 cup chocolate chips, depending how much you want.
• *a couple tablespoons of melted butter and some extra sugar for glazing after baking.

1. *preheat oven to 400u0b0, rack in lower 1/3rd of oven.
2. *Sift all 5 dry ing. into large bowl.
3. *Cut cold butter down the middle lengthwise once, turn and cut lengthwise again, and then you should have 4 skinny sticks of butter. Cut small cubes of butter, smaller than dice size. Toss into flour mixture and cut in using pastry cutter or I just use clean hands. Rub butter into flour till small pebble sizes form with flour. Don't mix completely, you want bits of butter visible.
4. *Pour in milk, orange OR vanilla extract, and chocolate chips.
5. *Mix with fork till JUST moistened. When you feel the urge to continue....STOP! Mix just until no dry flour is visible.
6. *Gather into ball, place on floured surface and knead/fold over 10-12 times...STOP.
7. *Cut into 2 pcs. Roll or pat each into a 6" circle and cut into 4 or 6 triangles (depending how large you want them)
8. *place on ungreased baking sheet in the 400u0b0 oven for 8-10 minutes (check not to over bake) till golden.
9. *Brush with melted butter and sprinkle sugar lightly on each one by one so that sugar will stick.
10. Allow to cool 10 minutes of so if you can wait!

white unbleached flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, teaspn salt, cold butter, buttermilk, chocolate chips, couple

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chocolate-chip-scones-50101562 (may not work)