Breakfast

Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones is for Breakfast, Snack.

Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones takes 65 minutes to cook.

Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones are:

? cup fresh or thawed frozen pitted cherries, halved
⅓ cup miniature chocolate chips
1 ? cups blanched almond flour (I used a mix of 3 oz (1 cup) almond and 1.5 oz (? cup) pumpkin seed flour)
2 tbsp ground chia seed
? cup arrowroot starch
? tsp baking soda
? tsp kosher salt
? cup Earth Balance Buttery Sticks
? cup non-hydrogenated shortening
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
⅓ cup jaggery or fine-grind raw sugar
? tsp apple cider vinegar

Here is how you make Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones:

Heat oven to 450F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment.Spread the cherries out in one layer on the sheet.Roast for 15 minutes, stirring halfway through. Set aside and let cool Reduce the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment.In a large bowl, whisk the almond and pumpkin seed flours, chia seed, arrowroot starch, baking soda and salt. Cut in the Earth Balance Buttery Sticks and shortening until the mixture consists of pea-sized lumps.In a small bowl, beat the eggs with the vanilla, jaggery and vinegar. Pour into the flour mixture and mix just until the dough comes together. Stir in the chocolate chips and cooled cherry-chocolate mixture.Spread in a lined 6? springform pan and bake 20 minutes. Score into 8 scones with a bench scraper or sharp knife (do not separate the pieces)Return to the oven and bake for 25 minutes longer. Remove the springform ring and bake a final 15 minutes.Cool 30 minutes, then cut along the score lines and separate the pieces.Serving Size: Makes 8 small sconesNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 309.7

• Total Fat: 23.5 g
• Cholesterol: 46.5 mg
• Sodium: 80.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.4 g
• Protein: 6.4 g

The dietary needs meet for Chocolate and Roasted Cherry Scones is Gluten Free