Scones

These are delicious!! I especially recommend nibbling one of these scones with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. (even better, nibble one with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate in the morning before your kids are up!)

Spot-On Chocolate Chip Scones

Ingredients:

3 1/4 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

3/4 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate chips instead!)

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Sugar Topping:

2 tbsp melted butter

2 tbsp sugar

Directions: 

1) Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2) In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or rubbing between fingers, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in chocolate chips. Add buttermilk and vanilla, stirring just until moistened. 3) Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, 5 or 6 times, to gather into a large ball. Do not overwork the ball or the result will be tough scones. Divide the ball in half and gently pat each into 8 inch flat rounds. Brush top with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar, 4) Using a sharp knife, cut each circle into 6 even triangles and place on prepared baking sheet, about 1 inch apart.

Bake 16-18 minutes until tops are golden.

Morning?

Why do kids insist on getting up so early in the morning? Did I do that as a child?? Ugh!

The Goob woke me up at 4:10 AM this morning. And then The Bean woke up shortly after. What is up with this?? They've been getting up earlier since the sun rises earlier in the summer, but the sun was not up at 4 in the morning. I've been keeping them both up later at night to try to get them to sleep later in the morning, but no dice.

Any ideas? Tips, tricks?