Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  4               Cups  flour
     1/2           Cup  sugar
     1/2           Cup  brown sugar -- firmly packed
  1         Tablespoon  baking powder
  2          Teaspoons  baking soda
  2                  T  easpoon salt
     3/4           Cup  unsalted butter -- chilled and cut
                        into small pieces
  1                Cup  buttermilk
  2                     eggs -- lightly beaten
  1         Tablespoon  plus 1 teaspoon vanilla
     1/2      Teaspoon  orange zest -- grated
  10            Ounces  semisweet chocolate -- chopped
     1/2           Cup  crystallized ginger -- finely chopped

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 375. Combine first 6 ingredients in a food processor or bowl. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Combine next 4 ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix thoroughly. Add liquid ingredients to flour mixture. Very gently stir until dough is just moistened and begins to cling together. Stir in chocolate and ginger. The less this dough is handled the better the results will be. Drop dough onto an ungreased baking sheet in 1/3 cup amounts. Leave at least 1 inch between scones. Bake 15-17 minutes or until scones are golden. Cool on wire rack at least 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

Nutritional Information:

5578 Calories (kcal); 238g Total Fat; (39% calories from fat); 84g Protein; 748g Carbohydrate; 829mg Cholesterol; 4487mg Sodium