cheese scones

[archeraddict]

What's the best recipe?

[hippyhoppy]

Any recipe - as long as it contains mustard powder and cayenne pepper.. you can't cook with cheese without those .. I can dig my cook book out if you need all the ingredients....let me know..

[hippyhoppy]

sod it - I've got off the sofa, got the book so here follows..

8oz self raising flour
salt (pinch of)
Teapoon baking powder
1 1/2 oz butter
4 oz cheese (this in my opinion is not enough)
teaspoon mustard powder
cayene pepper (obviously...) (sprinkle of)
1/4 pint milk..

Rub all the dry ingredients together - add cheese - add milk to make soft dough. roll out - cut out - milk and cheese tops - bake for about ten mins - cool - enjoy..

Oh! I'm going to have to make some tomorrow!!

Eat on day you make them as they don't keep well.

[zabo]

Cheese Scones

6oz (180g or 1� US cups) self raising flour
1oz (30g or � stick) butter
1 large egg
2 or 2� tablespoon milk
4oz (125g or one stick) grated cheese (use whatever strength you prefer)
� teaspoon salt
� teaspoon mustard powder
Cayenne pepper to taste

Preparation Method:
Mix the flour, salt and pepper together. Rub in the butter and then mix in the cheese. Beat the egg and add in the milk; add mixture to the dry ingredients to make a soft, elastic dough. Roll out the mixture on a floured surface but not too thinly. Cut into round shapes and place on a well greased tray. Brush the top with milk and sprinkle a little extra cheese and pepper on top.
Bake in a pre-heated oven on a high shelf at 220C/425F/Gas Mark 7 until golden brown. Serve warm with butter. http://tinyurl.com/6yfofl

[Jugglering]

My cheese scones are epic...lol

4 oz wholewheat flour
4 oz plain white flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
2 oz margarine
4 oz strong cheddar cheese in scones
1 oz strong cheddar cheese for topping
about 1/4 pint milk
good pinch of cayenne pepper
good pinch of dried mustard powder

Preheat oven (Gas 7, 425 deg C). Place all the dry ingredients into a large bowl, add marg and rub it in. Add cheese (4 oz) and nearly 1/4 pint of milk to form a stiff dough. Roll out dough onto a floured surface and cut into rounds with a 2" fluted cutter. Place rounds on a greased baking dish, brush each with a little milk or water and add a bit more of the cheese topping plus a bit of cayenne pepper. Bake in the hot oven for 10-12 minutes until risen and golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and allow to cool slightly before serving warm with butter....

Total yumminess will be achieved..... honest !

I sometimes mix a bit of chilli pepper into the grated cheese topping... hehe,,, awesome when cold !

[puddicat]

ure recipes sound fantastic love cheese scones have tried ones with a parmesan topping divine!!!

[puddicat]

jugglering u are our resident vegeterian expert so i challenge u to make ure scones for us all the tasting panel!!!

[hippyhoppy]

loving the thought of chilli and/or parmesan topping - might have to give that a go tomorrow... will feedback the results...

[archeraddict]

Thanks for your help - I'll have to try 2 batches now, to decide the answer to the big question:

'with egg or not with egg, that is the question'!

I'll be up early in the morning to give them a go!

[Jugglering]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the cheese needs to be grated !

My recipe comes from a 1975 (!!!!!) booklet from "Friends of the Earth". Unfortunately, this booklet is in a slightly tatty condition (ahem,,, it is falling apart) but, seriously, this is a really good recipe that has never failed me.

[hippyhoppy]

No egg - that makes a 'sponge' - use my one with added parmesan or chilli if you like a bit of heat - I'm going to be a dervish in that kitchen tomorrow..

[puddicat]

Dont fail us now go and bake hee hee!!! i would say maybe 5 thousand !!!

[Jugglering]

Please do try the flour mix - half wholewheat, half white.. it makes such a difference !

I've made these scones using a parmesan & chilli topping, they were lovely but a bit toooooooooooooooo addictive lol hehe

[Jugglering]

I would not put egg in my scones... but hey, who is right and who is wrong ? If it works, go for it !

[puddicat]

Not me either just as a eggwash my god its started again eggs sorry guys didnt mean to

[archeraddict]

Thanks, no egg it is! That was really why I asked - I love cheese scones, but there seem to be so many different recipes out there! I think there will be a energy crisis tomorrow with us all turning up the heat!
Cheers!

[hippyhoppy]

re-iterate - no egg in scones.. concurr with juggerling..

ps Juggerling.. are you coming on our AB Girle Weekend? see Joggerjane for more details..

[Jugglering]

LOL - yes I am, Hippy... I suspect I might be the one doing the cooking though..... (whilst my slaves - ie the men - do the shopping, cleaning etc etc) ... hahaha

[Cetti]

Use hippyhoppy's recipe : 8oz sr flour, 2oz butter etc but I add a beaten egg to the milk + chopped chives or snipped sundried tomatoes to make it extra special.

I'm lazy now ,so don't bother with cutting out individual scones. Instead I make a round with the dough, flatten it with the palm of my hand, then with a knife score 8 wedges on the top of the dough - not right through, just to mark it. Then if the scone isn't needed immediately it's put it in a freezer bag (after cooling) and frozen up to 5 months. Adding an egg keeps it tasting perfectly well, not dry at all.

[archeraddict]

Thanks Cetti - controversial!

I think I will try both methods as I suggested before!

It'll be difficult to eat them all, but I'll manage somehow!