Chocolate Filled Peanut Butter Scones

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
• 1 1/2 ounces chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 in large bowl, combine the the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
• 3 cut butter into 1/2-inch cubes and drop them over flour mixture.
• 4 with pastry blender or two knives used like scissors, cut butter until resembles coarse crumbs.
• 5 in a small bowl, stir the peanut butter, milk, eggs and vanilla extract.
• 6 add peanut butter mixture to flour mixture and knead until combined.
• 7 knead in peanuts and pat dough out into a 1/2-inch thickness on cutting board.
• 8 with a floured 2-1/2 inch to 3 inch diameter crinkled round biscuit cutter, cut rounds from the dough.
• 9 gather the scraps together and repeat until all dough is used and there are 16 rounds.
• 10 put 8 rounds on an ungreased baking sheet.
• 11 top each round with piece of the chocolate and one of the remaining circles of dough.
• 12 press edges gently to seal.
• 13 bake 17-19 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 14 transfer baking sheet to a wire rack and cool 5 minutes.
• 15 with spatula, transfer the scones to the wire rack to cool.