Cheese Scones

The scones at Cranks are big generous things and we sell about 1500 of them a week.  We use an organic wholemeal flour and they are made daily by our night bakers.  If you can bear to play around with something so quintessentially English, you could always add some contemporary tidbits.  Try dried cherries or cranberries in the sweet scones, or sundried tomatoes, black olives, red onion, or even pumpkin for the cheese scones.

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Method

Serves 6

 

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 deg C / 400 deg F / gas 6.
  2. Put the flour, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper in a bowl.  
  3. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.  
  4. Stir in most of the cheese and sufficient milk to obtain a soft, easy-to-handle dough.  
  5. Knead gently, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 2.5 cm / 1 in.  Stamp out 7.5 cm / 3 in rounds with a fluted cutter and place on a lightly greased baking tray. 
  6. Brush with milk and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.  
  7. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden.  
  8. Cool on a wire tray and eat as soon as possible.

 

ingredients

500g /  1 lb wholemeal flour, sifted
2 tbsp baking powder
large pinch of salt
large pinch of cayenne pepper
50 g / 2 oz butter
250 g / 8 oz Cheddar cheese, grated
300 ml / 10 fl oz milk

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