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Quick and easy savoury cheese scones
An easy recipe for cheese scones, serve with soup of with smoked salmon or even jam
Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 45 g butter chilled and diced
- 100 ml milk
- 1 egg
- 30 g cheddar cheese grated
- 1/2 tsp mustard optional but adds great flavour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and line a baking tray with parchment
- Rub the flour, baking powder, salt, paprika and butter together to get breadcrumb texture
- Mix egg and milk and add this in centre of the crumb mixture and stir in
- Add the grated cheese and theme (and mustard if using) and bring together to form a soft dough
- Flour your work surface and roll out dough till 1-1.5cm thick and using a cookie or upturned glass cut out rounds
- Place on baking tray and sprinkle with remaining cheese
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes till golden
- Cool on a wire rack then split horizontally
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Notes
These scones are best on day they are baked but you can warm them in the oven to revive them next day.
Scones freeze well for up to 3 months
Nutrition
Calories: 167kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 6gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 84mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 136IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 2mg
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