Chocolate Chip Scones

I'm seeing Lady Gaga tomorrow night.

It just turned midnight.  I'm seeing Lady Gaga tonight.

I'm excited.

I'm staying with my friend in Buffalo.  I'm also seeing my grandparents and such.

I made treats for them.

Orangey chocolate chip scones

Awww yeah.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons orange juice

I made a few little deviations.  First of all, I doubled the ingredients.  Second of all, after doubling, I used about 16 tablespoons of orange juice.  The comments recommended it and they taste delicious.

No regrets.

First, mix together the dry stuff.

(dry stuff.)

Then get your butter.  It should be chilled, but kind of soft.  This recipe requires a lot of butter.  I don't even know exactly how much I used.

That much?

Chopping it is also annoying.  But you know what?  Whatever.  Have you ever seen somebody eat a scone and say, "You know what?  This scone is okay, I just wish it were a little less flaky and buttery."

The answer to that riddle is "no."

Suck it up, sunshine.

Sorry.  I'm in a sassy mood.

Anyways, use a big fork to mix the butter in until it looks nice and crumbly.

Incidentally, the recipe also says you can use a "pastry blender."  I realized I was a terrible food blogger when I didn't have any idea what that was.  Like I don't even have the energy to google it, and I use Chrome.  I can just type it in the address bar.

Maybe one day I will own one of those fancy kitchen aids.  When I have a bridal shower, somebody buy me one.  LOL JK bridal showers aren't for people who are gonna grow up to be lonely, crazed spinsters.  I bought pet millipedes this week.

WHOOOOOO!!!

Ah yes.  Biscuit dough.

I was supposed to add the chocolate chips right now, but I wasn't paying attention and went ahead with the orange juice.  16 tablespoons worked nicely.  I just had to knead it a little.

Woah.  I totally took a picture of the dough in the bowl and it is straight up gone.  Like I could pretend I added the chocolate chips at the right time and y'all wouldn't even know.

But that delete key is a prettttty big stretch for my pinky, sooooo....

Mix in your chips.  I didn't have mini, or semisweet.  I used ghiradelli milk chocolate chips.  Again, nobody has ever complained about being served ghiradelli, so I wasn't too concerned.

Because I doubled the recipe, I divided the dough into four balls.  I flattened them into 1/2 inch disks and cut them into 6 pieces each.

Ya that would be 6.

Space them out on greased baking sheets.  They puff, so give them some room.

They look little, but it's ok.

Bake at 400º for 12 minutes, until they are crunchy and golden and delicious.

Yeah, I'm getting pretty awesome at photography.

I haven't gone to Buffalo yet to try them out on my family, but if it's any testament, I got hungry while writing this and ate the one that only had two chips.  It was super delicious.

Cook it and eat it, chillun!