Chocolate Chip Scones

Makes 6 scones

Ingredients:
2 C flour
1/3 C plus 2 T sugar
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
6 T chilled, unsalted butter, diced

1 t lemon zest
3/4 C miniature semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 chilled buttermilk
1 L egg yolk
1 t vanilla extract
 a little milk

Method: Preheat oven to 400 F.  Butter and flour a baking sheet.  Preheat oven to 400 F.  Sift flour, sugar, b powder, b soda and salt into a L bowl.  Add butter and lemon peel.  Rub with fingers until butter is the size rice.  Mix in chocolate chips.  Whisk buttermilk, egg yolk and vanilla in a small bowl.  Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir to form rough mixture.  Gather into a ball, press into an 8" round, cut into 6 wedges.  Transfer to baking sheet, spaced 1" apart.  Brush with milk, sprinkle remaining 2T sugar.  Bake until crunchy and tester comes out clean, ~ 20 min.