Cheese Scone

My family loves cheeses. As long as there are cheese on or in it.  They will enjoy them.  Come to think about it, I exposed my kids to cheese diet at a very young age.  I think the cheese diet came before the egg diet.  As such, my fridge always have cheese for them to snack on.

I am also slowly introducing them the different type of cheeses.  One such cheese that it not popular will be the Dessert Cheese.  

I doubt I ever baked a Cheese Scone before, today I shall try.

Learning experience: The texture is light and fluffy.  I should have added more cheese though.

What you need:

Yield: 8

225g plain flour  

57g salted butter, soften slightly, cubed

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

29gg egg, beaten (½ egg)

103g of milk 

60g hard cheese, grated  (increase this to 80g)

½ egg yolk for glazing

Cheese for sprinkling 

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.  Greased a baking tray.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and sugar.

Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Add in grated cheese.

Make a well in the center and add the beaten egg and slowly add in the milk.  Depending on the flour, you might have to add in more milk.

Use a metal spoon to bring the mixture together.  Do not over mix or knead it.

Lightly dust the table with flour and knead it just a little to get a smooth top.  Gently roll out the dough to about 1" thick.

Cut using a 2" round cookie cutter.

Place on a baking sheet about 1" apart and brush the tops with the beaten egg yolk.

Sprinkle grated cheese on it.

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes.

Transfer to a cooling rack.

Serve warm.


Enjoy!