These scones add an added savoury touch to your next morning tea.
12 servings with a prep and baking time of 20 minutes, quick and easy!
INGREDIENTS
3 cups standard flour sifted
3 tsp baking powder
¾ cup cheese grated
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ tsp mustard powder
¼ tsp salt
75g butter (or Olivani Spread)
1 ¼ cups milk
extra milk for glazing
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Grease or flour a baking tray.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add cheese, cayenne pepper and mustard powder to the mixture. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add cheese, cayenne pepper and mustard powder to the mixture. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Before baking, top each scone with a little more grated cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft.