The Best Cheese Scones

These have to be the best cheese scones I have ever tasted.  The perfect savoury scone - best eaten warm spread with lots of butter!

• Difficulty: Easy
• Category: Baking Days, Cooking with Kids, Picnic Time
• Cuisine: British
• Cooking Method: Baking

Ingredients

• 225 g self raising flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 50 g butter (cut into cubes)
• 100 g mature cheddar cheese (grated, plus extra for topping)
• 150 ml milk
• 1 free-range egg (beaten)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/Gas mark 7 and lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. Sieve the flour and other dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and then rub in the butter.
3. Stir in the cheese, then gradually add the milk and egg to get a soft dough, don't add all the milk if the dough is starting to get too wet.
4. Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat out to a round 2cm thick. Use a 5cm cutter to stamp out rounds and place on the baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up.
5. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk and add a sprinkling of cheese on each scone. Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm with lashing of butter, enjoy!