Afternoon Tea pt1 Smoked Cheese Scones

I don't know why, but on such a glorious day like today, with the sun streaming into the house and the sounds of the ducks at the bottom of the garden, afternoon tea sounds like a lovely way to spend a few hours with friends. Here is one of the recipes i've prepared for today.

Smoked Cheese Scones

500g Strong White Flour

28g Caster Sugar

28g Baking Powder

75g Butter (softened)

2 Eggs (medium & beaten)

1 Egg (eggwash)

240 ml Milk

100g Smoked Cheese (grated) -I use Cheeseworks, Smoked Winterdale Shaw

• In a large bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, milk and beaten eggs and mix together to form a dough.
• Once dough is formed, add just over 3/4 of the cheese and mix into the dough.
• On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for 7 minutes until nice and smooth.
• Roll out the dough to 3 cm thick and, using a cutter, cut out the scones.
• Place the scones on a lined baking tray and brush the tops with some of the eggwash.
• Place the scones in the fridge for 30 minutes to relax
• Preheat the oven to Gas 7/220 C/425 F
• Take the scones out of the fridge, brush again with eggwash (try to keep the eggwash on the tops of the scones as the drips down the sides can stop the scones raising evenly) and top with the remaining cheese.
• Bake the scones for 15-20 minutes until golden brown

Happy eating