Savoury Scones

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 4 cups flour
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup whipping cream
• 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, old,shredded
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 large jalapeno pepper, very finely chopped (use rubber gloves when cutting pepper)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 500 degrees add flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper and thyme together in bowl.
• 2 add 2/3 cup shredded cheese to flour mixture.
• 3 in separate bowl add beaten eggs, cream and milk together.
• 4 add the egg mixture and jalapeno pepper to flour mixture.
• 5 mix lightly, dough will be very moist.
• 6 knead the dough lightly and roll out 3/4" thick on a well floured board and cut with 2" cookie cutter.
• 7 sprinkle the remaining shredded cheese over the tops of the scones.
• 8 place the scones on a greased sheet and bake in a 500 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• 9 *make sure to bake the scones in the center of the oven.