Michael makes scones (Oodles of them)

Mike does tend to get.. how can I put this, a teensy bit obsessed sometimes. Pictured above are just some of his scone output today. He made raisin scones, cheese scones, regular scones with plain flour and then regular scones with self raising flour to contrast the effect.

(The plain flour ones were better)

Really!!! Even though they were quite delish, who's going to eat them all?

MICHAEL'S CHEESE SCONE RECIPE

225 grams plain flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

A pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

50 grams of butter

75g Mature Cheddar Cheese (more if you like them really cheesy - I do)

1 egg

100mls milk

I asked Michael to add a teaspoon of English mustard powder too

as it gives the scones a bit of a kick, however this is optional.

A pinch of cayenne pepper sprinkled on top before baking is also pretty damn fine.

Pulse the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper in a food mixer.

Add the butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Transfer to a large bowl and stir in 50g of cheese.

Add most of the egg and milk and bring together to a soft dough.

Roll out on to a floured surface and cut rounds 2cms thick.

Place on baking sheet, brush tops with the leftover egg and milk mixture
Top with cheese
Bake for 10 mins, Gas mark 7, 220c

To serve split the scones and smother with slabs of ice cold butter

x Divine x