Description
Cheese and Chives Scones with lots and lots of Swiss cheese and chives are perfect with real butter. What do you think, would you like some with coffee?
Ingredients
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- 310 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 75 g of room temperature butter
- 200 g grated Swiss cheese
- 200 ml of milk
- A handful of chopped chives
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl, sift together the self-raising flour and baking powder.
- Add the salt and pepper and toss to mix.
- Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut the butter into the flour mixture
till it resembles breadcrumbs. - Fold in the cheese and chives.
- Add the milk and stir till the mixture comes together.
- Turn out on a lightly floured surface.
- Knead till the mixture is well combined and the dough is slightly smooth.
- Using your hands flatten and spread out the dough to the desired thickness.
- Use a circular cookie cutter cut out rounds and place on a greased baking tray.
- Lightly brush the tops of each scone with milk.
- Pop into a preheated oven and bake at 180C for 15 – 20 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
Notes
No yeast, no rise, and better than a biscuit! Cheese and chive scones with loads of Swiss cheese are perfect with a dollop of butter.
Scones for every occasion, are you ready?
Prepared, tried, and tested by Ureshani Naidoo
