Recipe - Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Scones

2 cup Flour
One half cup Lt brown sugar, firmly
packed
2 One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Unsalted butter, chilled
Three fourths cup Peanut butter, creamy
One fourth cup Milk
2 lg Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Unsalted peanuts, chopped
1 One half ounce Bittersweet chocolate,
broken into 8 equal pieces

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a lg bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and
salt. Cut the butter into 1/2inch cubes and distribute them over the flour
mixture. With a pastry blender or two knives used scissors fashion, cut in
the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, stir
together the peanut butter mixture to the flour mixture and knead until
combined. Knead in the peanuts.

Pat the dough out into a 1/2inch thickness on a cutting board. Using a
floured 2One half in. to 3in. diameter crinkled round biscuit cutter, cut out
rounds from the dough. Gather the scraps togvether and repeat until all the
dough is used and there are 16 round. Place 8 of the rounds on an ungreased
baking sheet. Top each round with a piece of the chocolate and one of the
remaining circles of dough. Press the edges gently to seal. Bake for 1719
minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove the baking sheet to a wire rack
and cool 5 minutes. Using a spatula, transfer the scones to the wire rack
to cool. Serve warm or cool completely and store in an airtight container.

VARIATION (Randy's Preference): Make the dough as above, omitting
bittersweet chocolate, substituting One half cup unsalted peanuts for the chopped
peanuts and kneading in Three fourths cup semisweet chocolate chips at the same time.
Put the dough into a 9inch diameter circle on a baking sheet. With a
serrated knife, cut into 8 wedges. Bake 2022 minutes, or until a cake
tested or toothpick inserted into the center of a scone comes out clean.
Cool as above and recut into wedges, if necessary.

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