Wonderful Cheese Scones

Cheese Scones

 

I have been making these wonderful flavourful cheese scones for years.  They are so easy to make and they fill the kitchen with a wonderful warm comforting smell that will greet your guests or family as you welcome them to your home.

Like muffins - you don't want to over work these - gentle is the key word here and as a side note to my friend - you cannot substitute cornstarch for baking powder! :)

 

 

Cheese Scones

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp dry mustard

1/2 tsp salt

1 green onion chopped finely (optional)

2 bacon strips cooked and chopped (optional)

4 Tbs cold unsalted butter, cut up

1 cup (4oz) shredded cheddar cheese

2 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese

1 large egg

1/2 cup milk

Heat oven to 400F

Put flour, baking powder, dry mustard, and salt into large bowl; mix well

Add butter and cut in with pastry blender or rub in with your fingers until the mixture looks like fine granules.

Add cheeses, bacon and or green onion and toss to mix

Break egg into the milk and beat with a fork to blend well.

Pour this mixture over the flour mixture and stir with a fork until dough forms - do not over mix

turn out dough onto a lightly floured board and give 10 to 12 kneads. Cut dough in half and knead each half briefly into a ball, turn smooth side up and pat or roll into a 6inch circle.

Cut each circle into 6 wedges. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 12 - 15 minutes --- check at 12 or until medium brown.

Cool on rack and then loosely wrap in a dish towel on wire rack...if they last that long :)  ENJOY!!