Choc cross scones

I bet I was one of many that reluctantly turned off their alarm this morning and got ready for work after a lovely Easter long weekend. This annual celebration was the inspiration for my baking project on Sunday. It is usually around the holidays that I miss being surrounded by my family and tucking into the obligatory roast dinner so I like to keep myself busy. I really wanted to make traditional hot cross buns minus the fruit peel, as I have never been a fan of fruit in sweet buns. However, after searching online I couldn't find a time friendly recipe. Instead, I settled for the alternative of chocolate chip hot cross scones. I adapted a scone recipe that I found here. For the recipe I omitted the banana and added 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon to the dry ingredients. I also used ten tablespoons of milk, as I found nine wasn't quite enough. Lastly, I used 3/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips because I always feel like more is best when it comes to this ingredient. 

I let the scones cool before adding the finishing touch. For the cross on top of the scones, I put some semi-sweet chocolate chips in a zip lock bag, sealed the bag and popped it in the microwave for approximately one and a half minutes, checking it at twenty second intervals. I cut off one of the corners of the zip lock bag and piped on the chocolate cross freehand, which is quite obvious when you see the end result.

Regardless of my questionable artistic flair, the end result tasted delicious and I was pretty happy with the overall effort. With this post, I will consider Easter over for another year, but not before I say a big thank you to my big sister for sending me my all-time favourite Easter chocolate from home:

Nothing beats yummy Cadbury chocolate and their fun selection of mini eggs...so delicious!