Easy scones with cheddar cheese and chives

 

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Well, back to cooking: many people who love to cook can be divided in two camps: those who love to cook and those who love to bake. I fall somewhere in the middle and really love to do both. Earlier in my cooking endeavour I used to bake a lot and fairly challenging “stuff” like complicated cakes, croissants, all kinds of breads, cookies etc. Now I still bake but simpler things like cookies, bundt cakes, breads occasionally and other things, like these scones. I came across this recipe while leafing though a food magazine somewhere and scanned it with my iPhone (aren’t these things a dream? how did we (maybe not you) live without them?). So this morning I thought I’d make a batch and see what it’s like. The scones were gone before I had a chance to photograph them so, yes, I made another batch.

Enjoy.

Adapted from Scones recipe in Canadian Living October 2015.

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Ingredients:

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1 3/4 cup flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, cold, cut in small cubes

1 cup shredded cheddar

1/3 cup chopped chives, fresh

3/4 cup half and half or milk

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Directions:

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Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl.

Add the cold butter and work it in by hand or a pastry blender until the flour coats the butter and the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add the cheese and chives and mix with a spoon.

Add the cream slowly, mixing until the dough holds together.

Scoop with an ice cream scoop onto a foil lined baking sheet.

Bake at 425F until golden and cooked through, about 15 min.

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