Chocolate Chia Sourdough Discard Scones
Chocolate Chia Sourdough Discard Scones
Instead of throwing out the beautiful discard, make these delicious scones. I have been enjoying coming up with recipes for our extra discard. This is definitely a top one! Hope you enjoy them as much as our family does.
Equipment
- Oven
- Hand/Stand Up Mixer
- Whisk
- Non-Stick Baking Sheet
Ingredients
Flour Mixture
- 2 cups Unbleached All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Cold Vegan Butter
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Sourdough Starter Discard
- 1 Chia Seed Egg (1 Tbsp chia seeds, 2 Tbsp water)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cashew or Almond Milk
Instructions
Chia Seed Egg
- Prepare your chia seed egg in a bowl by mixing 1 Tbsp of chia seeds with 2 Tbsp of water. Let this sit for at least 5 minutes.
Scone Dough
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in your mixing bowl. Shred in the cold butter to create a crumbly flour mixture. (Shred with either a grater or slice thinly with a knife.) Then stir in the chocolate chips.
- In a separate bowl mix together all the wet ingredients.
- Then pour the wet mixture into the flour, mix until just combined.
- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- Dump the dough onto a cutting board.
- Shape into a 3" thick pizza shaped dough, then cut into 8 pieces.
- Lay out the slices onto a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Enjoy!!
Baking Process
Here’s some pictures of the process of baking and what you should expect texture wise.
Sourdough starter is such a great way to make so many amazing baked goods. Down below I linked the recipe we used to start ours out. It’s a great set by step video on how to get started and what to expect. Along with a written guide on measurements and portions.
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