Coconut and Cacao Sourdough Scones

These scones are lightly sweet and flakey. I love the slightly nutty flavor from the cacao nibs and coconut flakes. This recipe makes eight scones.

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt 

1 stick butter, grated

1/2 cup cacao nibs

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes

1/2 cup sourdough discard

1 egg

1 tbsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp heavy cream plus more for brushing

Directions:

1. Whisk together your flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the grated butter and stir. Add the cacao nibs and coconut flakes and stir again. 
2. In a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients: sourdough discard, egg, vanilla, and heavy cream.
3. Add your wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently fold together.
4. When it's just over half combined and difficult to fold with a spatula any more, I turn it out on the counter and finish folding together by hand. 
5. Once you have a cohesive dough, form it into a circle about 1/2 an inch thick. Cut eight slices with a knife of bench scraper and arrange them on a sheet pan. 
6. You can bake them right away, but they're best chilled in the fridge for at least 30 minutes first.
7. When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400, brush the tops of the scones with heavy cream, and sprinkle with course sugar.
8. Bake for 20 minutes and enjoy!