Chocolate Chip Scones

These Chocolate Chip Scones are certain to become a family favourite. Made with butter as well as buttermilk, and filled with chocolate chips, they are soft and tender on the inside with just the right amount of flaky crispness on the outside. They are so quickly and easily made that you can have a batch on the table within 30 minutes, making them ideal for morning tea or a family breakfast. Enjoy them when they are at their best, still warm from the oven spread with butter. So delicious!

• 225 g plain/all-purpose flour + more for rolling out as needed
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking/bi-carb soda
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 3 teaspoon caster/superfine sugar
• 50 g unsalted butter – frozen
• 70 g milk chocolate chips
• 220 ml buttermilk – kept chilled

• 1 tablespoon buttermilk
• 3 teaspoon demerara/turbinado sugar