Scones with herbs and cheese make a perfect breakfast!

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Imagine! Steaming hot scones dripping with lashes of golden farm butter for breakfast. Sounds like something you would expect in a very fancy guest house or hotel, costing you a fortune? Oh no! You can have it in the comfort of your own home wearing nothing but your comfy PJ's, because these scones can be made and baked in under 30 minutes and imagine the bliss on your family's faces when they arrive in the kitchen to this gorgeous ring of scones.

I like basic recipes! You know, something like a basic quiche recipe that you can tweak and change to produce a Tomato, Ricotta and Spinach quiche or even an authentically South African Snoek Quiche. easy bread dough recipe Even an that can be effortlessly converted into rolls, calzones, pizza or a special picnic loaf  gets my vote any day. How about a flop proof vanilla sponge that can be changed into a cake, a delicious upside-down pudding or trifle. These are the recipes I like.....recipes that I can be creative with in other words. Well this recipe for scones is such a recipe. I got this recipe from my aunt and it works with an old fashioned teacup. I suppose you can use precise measurements, but I like the informality of it all, so I use a plain old fashioned teacup.

Here goes....



Ingredients



500gr self raising flour

4 tsp baking powder

salt

2 eggs

milk

2 tsp sugar - more if you use this recipe for sweet scones

vegetable oil

125ml grated parmesan cheese

125ml grated mature cheddar

dry herbs of your choice

egg wash

Method



Preheat oven to 200C. Break one egg into the teacup and then fill it half way with milk. Now add oil until the cup is full. Pour the content of the cup in a bowl and repeat the process with the other egg. Take a whisk and whisk the egg mixture well adding the sugar halfway through the beating process.

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder and add the cheeses and herbs. Mix well, add the egg mixture and use a knife to "cut" the egg mixture into the flour. Try not to handle too much. When mixed, throw the dough out onto a floured surface and shape into individual scones or make a scone ring like I have done. Use a big knife and cut the scone wheel into wedges. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle some of the dry herbs over the top. Bake for 20-25 minutes and serve with nothing but farm butter and a steaming mug of hot coffee.

For the sweet version of this scone recipe, click here!