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Last Updated on March 6, 2021 by Jess
I’ve been in a baking mood lately. Cookies, sourdough bread, scones, donuts, you name it. Recently, my mom was in town. It also happened that I had some extra sourdough discard that I needed to use up. Generally, I default to sourdough scones when that’s the case. Problem is, I ADORE cinnamon scones. My mom? She doesn’t like cinnamon (GASP!). I don’t get it, but I mean, you’ve got to keep the mama happy, right? So I experimented with sourdough chocolate banana walnut scones, and I am digging the outcome!
This chocolate banana walnut scone perhaps has the feel of a banana bread, but a little less moist. It pairs well with coffee or tea and isn’t too sweet. And you know I dig a recipe that I always have the ingredients on hand for, and this one is just that!
I am certain it will be a work in progress, but let’s share it out and see what you guys think, right? I’m a firm believer in embracing the mentality that we are always growing and we don’t just arrive; that can’t do that unless I share parts of the beautiful mess that is learning.
Ready to get baking? Let’s do it!
Your Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1- 1 ⅓ cup sourdough starter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 banana, sliced and quartered
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
Your Steps to Sourdough Chocolate Banana Walnut Scones
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Add butter. Use your fingers to mix and “smush” the butter, working it into the flour mixture. Complete the smushing until you have sand-like texture. Set aside.
In a large liquid measuring cup, add 1 cup sourdough starter discard, vanilla, and brown sugar. Stir until brown sugar is fully dissolved. Add to flour mixture, adding additional starter as needed to bring the flour together (up to about ⅓ cup). Once combined, gently fold in the bananas and walnuts. The dough will be moist.
Cut the dough into four equal pieces. Form these pieces into discs and place on lined baking sheets. Slice into 6-8 pie pieces. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until just firm to the touch. Once cooled, feel free to add a chocolate drizzle for an extra touch of sweetness or beauty, but we thought they were great on their own!
Whisk the dry ingredients. Cut up the butter, the smaller and colder, the better! Starter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Let them mingle. Add the bananas and walnuts. Just mix in. Yum!
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Sourdough Chocolate Banana Walnut Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons cold butter cut into small pieces
- 1- 1 ⅓ cup sourdough starter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 banana sliced and quartered
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cocoa powder.
- Add butter. Use your fingers to mix and “smush” the butter, working it into the flour mixture.
- Complete the smushing until you have sand-like texture. Set aside.
- In a large liquid measuring cup, add 1 cup sourdough starter discard, vanilla, and brown sugar. Stir until brown sugar is fully dissolved.
- Add to flour mixture, adding additional starter as needed to bring the flour together (up to about ⅓ cup).
- Once combined, gently fold in the bananas and walnuts. The dough will be moist.
- Cut the dough into four equal pieces. Form these pieces into discs and place on lined baking sheets. Slice into 6-8 pie pieces.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes, until just firm to the touch.
- Once cooled, feel free to add a chocolate drizzle for an extra touch of sweetness or beauty, but we thought they were great on their own!
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