Take pleasure in some cheese scones for afternoon tea or as a part of a picnic. They're additionally nice served alongside soups and you’ll freeze them for later use

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:15 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:20 minutes
• Simple
• Makes 5-6

• Freezable
• Vegetarian

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Elements

• 225g self-raising flour, plus additional for dusting
• pinch of salt
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 55g chilled butter, minimize into cubes
• 120g mature cheddar, grated
• 90-100ml milk, plus 1 tbsp for glazing

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Methodology

• STEP 1

  Warmth the oven to 200C/180C fan/gasoline 6 with a big baking tray inside. Sift the flour, salt, cayenne pepper and baking powder right into a bowl, then sift once more to verify the components are completely mixed.

• STEP 2

  Add the butter to the bowl and mix together with your fingertips to make breadcrumbs. Sprinkle 100g of the cheese into the breadcrumb combination and rub collectively till evenly distributed. Strive to not combine an excessive amount of as the warmth out of your arms could begin to soften the butter.

• STEP 3

  Make a effectively within the centre of the combination and pour in sufficient milk to present a reasonably smooth however agency dough. Don’t pour in all of the milk without delay as you could not want all of it to get the best consistency.

• STEP 4

  Frivolously flour a floor and roll out the dough to roughly 2cm thick. Minimize out the scones with a medium (about 8cm) cutter, then placed on a sheet of baking parchment, glaze with just a little milk and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Slide onto the recent oven tray.

• STEP 5

  Bake within the oven for 15-20 minutes or till golden brown and cooked via.