Chocolate Chip Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups unsifted self-rising flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup milk
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Heat oven to 425F.
Grease baking sheet.
In large bowl, combine flour and sugar.
With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
In small bowl, combine milk, egg and vanilla.
Add to dry ingredients along with chocolate chips and mix with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 5-6 times.
With lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 7\" round.
Cut into 4 wedges.
Place scones, 1\" apart, on greased baking sheet.
Pierce tops with tines of fork.
Bake scones 18-20 min.
or until golden brown.
Serve warm.
Makes 4 scones.