{"id":1928,"date":"2010-11-24T11:31:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2010-11-24T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:31:30","slug":"guest-post-cheese-scones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/11\/24\/guest-post-cheese-scones\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post | Cheese scones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria is our guest blogger this week. After noticing a lack of baking on this blog she kindly offered to contribute something warm and wintry. Her own blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/ilovemealplans.com\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/ilovemealplans.com', 'I Love Meal Plans');\" target=\"_blank\">I Love Meal Plans<\/a>, is well worth a goosey.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cheese-scones2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1929\" title=\"cheese scones2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cheese-scones2.jpg?w=196\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cheese-scones2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cheese-scones2-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cheese-scones2-669x1024.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The scone is a British classic and homemade they are fantastic &#8211; light, tasty and always leave you wanting more! This cheese scone recipe is easy to make and is a great alternative to the usual boring lunchtime sandwich.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100g butter<\/li>\n<li>200g self-raising flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>25ml milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp mustard<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>70g mature cheddar (2\/3 grated, 1\/3 diced into small cubes)<\/li>\n<li>salt and pepper<\/li>\n<li>a little Parmesan for topping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Preheat oven 200*C (180*C fan)<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rub butter into flour, so it&#8217;s like breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Add egg, salt, pepper, gradually add milk to make soft, not sticky, dough (do not overwork the dough).<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mix in cheese, mustard and oregano<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roll into little balls, make approx 10-12<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Add some grated Parmesan on top of each scone.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Place on a lightly oiled baking tray<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0 Bake in oven for 10-15 mins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are delicious warm from the oven or served with some cream cheese and chutney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Look out for more sweet and savoury scone recipes coming soon at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemealplans.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ilovemealplans.com\/', 'www.ilovemealplans.com');\">www.ilovemealplans.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-1928\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria is our guest blogger this week. After noticing a lack of baking on this blog she kindly offered to contribute something warm and wintry. Her own blog, I Love Meal Plans, is well worth a goosey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[52,144,1266,854],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-v6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}