Totara Tasty Scone

July 15, 2026

Totara Tasty Scone

Ingredients:

• 3 cups standard grade flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• ¾ cup Totara Tasty cheese, grated
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
• ¼ tsp mustard powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 75g butter
• 1 ¼ cups milk
• Extra milk for glazing
  

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C. Grease or flour a baking tray.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add cheese, cayenne pepper and mustard powder to the mixture. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top.
• Working quickly, pat the dough out to 2cm thickness. With a floured knife, cut it into 12 even-sized pieces, then separate the scones to allow 2cm space between them. Brush the tops with milk.
• Before baking, top each scone with a little more grated cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft.

 

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