Chocolate Hazelnut Scones

Make these scones for all the poor souls who have been scared away by those horrible leaden dry hunks of dough ruining the rep of this beautiful pastry. These scones taste as if hazelnuts, butter, and chocolate had a baby, and oh what a cute baby it is! They give scones a good name.

I find using ground nuts in scones gives them a fantastically tender and crumbly texture. It’s one of my favorite scone tricks, up there with not being afraid to use a lot of butter. I always serve these