Perfect Chocolate Chunk Scones

This is the perfect recipe for that monday morning when you have a little extra energy, or to bake sunday to have for a sleepy monday morning. Chocolate chunk scones (and this recipe can be used for a number of different types of scones, just throw in your favorite dried fruits, nuts, etc) with the perfect cup of coffee or tea is like...ken and barbie, bert and ernie, Jay and B..you know where I'm going with this. AND they're SUPER easy to make and only take about 15 minutes to cook! Let's get started:

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt

2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

4 tsp Sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 stick of room temperature butter

2 tblsp melted butter

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

Chocolate chips/chunks to taste (This is where making your own treats comes in handy, I like mine light on the chocolate chips so I use about 1/3 cup, if your a chocolate lover throw about 1/2 cup in there. I wouldn't suggest going over 1cup even for the chocolateyist of chocolate lovers)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425

2. mix dry ingredients in medium sized bowl

3. cut up one stick of butter into tablespoon sized chunks, fold into dry mixture with a fork until mixture is crumbly

4. in seperate bowl, mix wet ingredients (egg, milk, vanilla)

5. Mix mixture into dry mix with a fork, add in chocolate chunks

6. mix with fork until all ingredients are combined

7. knead 4-5 times on a floured surface

8. knead or roll into a circular form and cut in slices like a pizza

9. Place slices about 1inch apart on a well-buttered cookie sheet (important! bottoms WILL burn if the cookie sheet is not greased)

10. Brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar

11. Bake 15-17 minutes or until tops are slightly golden brown - careful not to let bottoms burn.

12. Enjoy!