Master the art of making delicious orange chocolate chip scone bread with our step by step recipe and instructional video. Impress your friends and family with this tasty pastry treat!
I was craving scones one day, and then I saw Carla Hall make a scone loaf on the Food Network. What?!? A scone LOAF? As in BREAD?! I was totally reeled in and I couldn’t sleep until I tried it.
I am totally sold! It is tender and flaky like a scone, but it eliminates the step of forming the individual scone. I can’t wait for you to try it! Thanks for the ispo, Carla!
What is Scone Bread?
Scone bread is like traditional scones but in a loaf form. It has a texture and flavor similar to a scone, but is shaped like quick bread. You can slice the loaf and serve it in slices rather than individual triangular scones.
Ingredients for Chocolate Orange Scone Bread
Most of these ingredients are pantry and refrigerator staples, so chances are good that you can make this recipe on a moment’s notice. In case you need to hit the grocery store for an ingredient or two, here is what you will need:
- Flour: just regular all purpose flour is all you need
- Baking Powder: adds rise and fluffiness to the loaf
- Sugar: adds some sweetness
- Cream of Tartar: adds a delicious tanginess
- Salt: enhances all the flavors in the bread
- Butter: adds flavor, richness
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips: you can use regular size chips or mini chocolate chips
- Orange: fresh zest adds all the delicious orange flavor
- Heavy Cream: helps pull all the ingredients together and creates a moist scone dough
- Milk: helps hold all the ingredients together for the dough
- Eggs: gives structure to the bread
- Egg Yolk: mixed with some cream, the egg wash gives the top a nice golden shiny finish
Glaze
- Unsalted Butter: adds richness to the glaze
- Powdered Sugar: adds sweetness
- Orange Juice: adds more natural orange flavor
- Almond Extract: adds flavor
- Vanilla Extract: adds flavor
- Butter Flavoring: adds a little more butter flavor to the glaze
The measurements for all the ingredients in the bread and glaze can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.
How to Make Scone Bread
This is the step by step guide for making this taste scone loaf. These instructions can also be found in the recipe card at the end of the post. Keep scrolling for the complete details.
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray loaf pan(s) with cooking spray.
- Sift: Sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt into a large bowl.
- Toss: Add the pieces of butter to the flour mixture and toss everything together until the butter pieces are all coated. Press the butter pieces until flattened.
- Stir: Add in the chocolate chips and orange zest to the butter and dry ingredients mixture and stir until combined.
- Whisk: In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream, eggs and milk. Add these wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until combined.
- Shape: Lightly flour the counter top. Squeeze the dough together in your hands, transfer to the prepared counter top and shape into a rectangular loaf.
- Beat: Add the egg yolk and tablespoon of cream to a small bowl and beat to combine. Brush over the top of the loaf.
- Bake: Place the loaf pan(s) in the oven and bake until golden brown.
- Cool: Let cool on a wire rack and then pour the glaze over the top.
Glaze
- Melt: Melt the butter in the microwave.
- Whisk: Add the remaining ingredients for the glaze to the butter and whisk until combined.
Watch How This Delicious Scone Bread is Made…
Storage Tips
Orange chocolate chip scone bread should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container. It will keep for 3-4 days. I found that my favorite way to eat it the next day was toasted with butter. Yum!
This scone loaf also freezes extreme well. Allow it to cool completely, then wrap it in plastic wrap followed by aluminum foil. It will keep for up to 3 months. Let it come to room temperature before slicing.
Everything is right in the world when you sink your teeth into this sweet loaf. Tender orange scone bread loaded with chocolate chips and topped with a sweet glaze. Scone bread is my new favorite thing.
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Description
Master the art of making delicious orange chocolate chip scone bread with our step by step recipe and instructional video. Impress your friends and family with this tasty pastry treat!
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt.
4 Cups Flour, 2 Tablespoons Baking Powder, 1 Tablespoon Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Cream of Tartar, 1 teaspoon Salt
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Add the butter pieces into the flour mixture and toss until all of the pieces are coated well in flour. Now, press the butter to flatten, then toss again to evenly distribute in the flour.
1 Cup Butter
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Stir in the chocolate chips and orange zest until just combined.
1 1/2 Cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips, 1 Orange
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream, 2 eggs, (set aside the yolk and 1 tablespoon of cream for the egg wash) and 1/2 cup milk until well blended. Pour into the flour mixture and mix just until combined.
1/2 Cup Heavy Cream, 2 Eggs, 1/2 Cup Milk
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Lightly coat 1 large loaf pan or two regular bread pans with nonstick cooking spray. Lightly flour the counter.
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Squeeze the dough together in the palms of your hands to get it to stick into a mass. Transfer the dough to your prepared surface and gently shape into a rectangular loaf and place in the bread pan.
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If making two loaves, cut the dough into two equal portions, carefully lift and insert them into the greased pans.
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In a small bowl, beat the egg yolk with the remaining tablespoon of cream. Brush the tops of the loaf with the milk mixture.
1 Egg Yolk, 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
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Bake until golden brown, about 25-30 minutes for two pans, or 45-60 minutes for a large loaf.
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Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes on a wire rack and then pour the glaze over. Don’t worry about using all of it. Serve warm.
Glaze
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Melt the butter. Whisk everything together in a bowl and set aside.
3/4 Cup Powdered Sugar, 1/4 Cup Orange Juice, 1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract, 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, 1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter, 1/8 teaspoon Butter Flavoring
Calories: 687kcal