Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Scones

Ooops…I did it again.  I created a new variety of scones for breakfast goodies on busy gym mornings.  These things happen.

I can’t help it.  The kitchen calls to me and sometimes I just look in my pantry and refrigerator and throw something together with what I have.  This was one of those times, and the results were epic and just…really delicious.

I love chocolate.  I love peanut butter.  So the marriage of the two in scone form (another favorite) seemed like a great idea.  So, I pulled out my mixing bowl and all the necessary ingredients and got to baking.  In the end…what emerged was chocolate-peanut buttery goodness in a delicious gluten-free breakfast pastry form.

Best of all…it’s really easy to make.

Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Scones

Servings: 12
Time: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Pamela’s Products Gluten-Free Baking & Pancake Mix
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
• 4 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2/3 cup milk (I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°.

Mix the dry ingredients together.

Cut in the peanut butter using two knives.

Add the milk and beaten egg.  Mix together with a fork.  Dough will be thick.

Drop large, tall dollops of dough (scones will spread when baking) onto lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake for 15-17 minutes.

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One bite and I was in breakfast scone heaven.  Honestly.  Not only was replacing the butter with peanut butter a stroke of genius, it meant that at times, little pockets of melted peanut butter hit your palate unexpectedly.  The peanut butter chips by Reese’s were perfectly matched with the cocoa that made the scones chocolate.  Yeah…if peanut butter and chocolate is one of your vices…these will help satisfy your craving.  Bite-for-bite…I was so happy with how these turned out, given I was just sort of messing with the usual scone recipe and giving it my own personal tweaks to accomodate my supplies and my cravings.

Seriously…these are worth making and feasting on.