Chocolate Hazelnut Maxi Scone
Amazing soft scone packed with flavor - a delight for chocolate and hazelnut lovers!
Prep:
35
minutes
Cook:
25
minutes
TOtal:
90
minutes
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 2 cups (300g) whole wheat flour
- 55g roasted hazelnuts
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 8 tbsp (114g = 1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 1 to 1 ¼cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup (20g) cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
Filling:
- Chocolate ganache or chocolate spread
Topping:
- Chocolate ganache
- Crushed toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 375F / 190C
- Using either a food processor or by hands, mixall dry ingredients for the scone dough. Add in butter and mix until you getpea size pieces.
- Add most of the cream and mix. If it is stilldry, add more cream. Do not overmix
- Put the dough onto a floured parchment paper.Form a ball and roll into a ½ inch thick rectangle.
- Spread the chocolate ganache on the dough nearlyto the edge of the dough
- Fold like a trifold letter
- Slide the parchment paper onto a baking tray
- Brush the top of the scone with heavy cream
- Bake for 25min or until golden
- Let cool on a wire rack
- Warm the chocolate ganache or spread and drizzle it over the scone. Top with crushed roasted hazelnuts
- Enjoy!