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Heading: Bread & Baking
Cuisine: British & Irish
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 8
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Ingredients & Prep
225 g
self-raising flour
100 g
cheese strong cheddar grated
100 ml
milk room temp
60 g
butter salted cold for grating
1 tsp
mustard powder
1 tsp
baking powder
1/2 tsp
salt
1/2 tsp
turmeric ground (optional)
1/2 tsp
cayenne pepper
Topping
50 g
cheese strong cheddar
1 egg beaten
Method
Step 1
Pre-heat oven to 180'c & have either floured baking tray/s or silicon mat/s on tray/s at the ready.
Step 2
In a bowl place flour, mustard powder, baking powder, cayenne pepper, & salt & mix well, add grated butter 1/4 at a time mixing in to the flour until the last 1/4, add the grated cheese & mix altogether, then add milk, bring together into a dough & make into a ball.
Step 3
Dust a work top with extra flour, tip out dough & flatten into a disc shape with you hand to 2.5 cm thick, then cut with a 5 cm pastry cutter or a glass as many as you can from the disc, gather the remaining dough & bring together into a smaller disc 2.5 cm thick cut some more then again until there is no enough left.
Step 4
Place on baking tray/s 4cm apart brush tops with the beaten egg & sprinkle tops with grated cheese & bake for 15 to 20 mins or until they have risen & golden brown on top.
Suggestion & Tips
Serve warm with butter & bacon or cream cheese with watercress. Bake the scones as soon as you have made the dough.