I seriously have not blogged for way too long.  I don’t know if it’s been a lack of motivation or time for that matter, but I really enjoy blogging, so I need to really get back to it.  I don’t even know if anyone reads my blog, but I am promising to get back to it.  No more excuses i.e. too tired or busy.

I have wanted to bake with dried cherries for a while now.  I’ve seen so many good looking recipes that call for cherries, but I never had them in my kitchen.  So I decided I was going to buy some cherries and make these scones because they just sounded too good to pass up.  I love scones and I love chocolate, so I figured these could not be bad and I was right!

Some people find scones to be too dry, but I have never felt that.  I’d much rather have a scone over a muffin or a bagel.  There is just something about them.  Maybe its because they are not too sweet or maybe its because they taste awesome. Who knows?!?! Enough of my ramblings, here is the recipe. Enjoy!

Cherry Chocolate Scones

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

6 tbsp unsalted butter

1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt (Oikos makes a great Greek yogurt)

1/4 cup buttermilk

1 large egg

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2/3 cup chopped cherries

1/3 cup chocolate chunks

Directions:

1- Preheat over to 400 degrees.

2- In a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.

3- In a medium bowl, stir together buttermilk, yogurt, egg and vanilla.  Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture.  Stir to combine.  Mix in cherries and chocolate.

4- Use a ice cream scoop to make the scones.  Flatten each one with your hand.  Place the scones on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  Bake for 15 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.  Allow to cool.