Orange Chocolate Chip Scones

Orange Chocolate Chip Scones

3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 pound butter
2/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 cups chocolate chips

Sift together flour and baking powder.
Cut butter into small pieces and mix with a fork into the flour and baking powder, as you would for pie dough.
Mix together sugar, salt, eggs, buttermilk and zest
Add to flour mixture with chocolate chips and form into a ball of dough (it may be crumbly). Pat dough together on a work surface to form a circle aboutv1-inch thick.
Cut into 12 triangles
Egg-wash tops (brush with a mixture of egg white mixed with a little water) and bake at 400 degress for 12-18 minutes or until done.