Cheese Scones

This is the 3rd scone in the list and the final basic one, after whom we get into the more fun scones. The property attached to these scones is Stourhead, Wiltshire

For this we continued to use Oat milk instead of cow lactate and we changed the cheese to Cheddar Sheese which is a nice dairy-free cheese.

This scone had a very different look as instead of using cutters the dough was to be formed into a round, itself, and then cut into quarters. This gave the scones a much nicer appearance in my opinion.

The final look was nice, the cheese was a lovely addition to the top of the scone. They tasted really nice and the larger size was welcome for “snacking”, though it was more of a small meal.

Ginger and Treacle.

I was very excited to bake these as it sounded like these would be delicious; turns out they are!

These are from Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire. I can imagine they sell a lot of these there, which is probably a good thing as the place looks expensive.

The only problem, and it is small, is that the portioning for the scones is small and the recipe doesn't call for much flour. Easily solved, in future, with a doubling or more of ingredients.

The recipe called for the scones to be baked at 220C which, I think was too high (perhaps that was for a fan-less oven) and perhaps for too long, it requested 10-15 minutes and they were in for 13 minutes. Anyway, the well-fired scones were delicious! The treacle and the ginger work really well together.
Though there was little bounce to them, they weren't so over cooked in the centre to be inedible.

The kids were immediately wanting them after they were finished in the oven which is always a good sign.

Next bake

The next bake is partially under way and will, with all best intentions be tomorrow. They are Earl Grey Scones, slightly intrigued about these ones...

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This week the scones are from 'Killerton' and, aptly, these scones are to die for.

Bake

For these scones we thought we would, and should, finish up the lacto-free milk we have in the fridge instead of just pouring it down the sink. So we used that instead of plant-based milks (though we know they're just as effective).

Results

The bake went well but there was a significant problem in that the time given for the bake was 10-15 minutes, so we took the scones out at 10 minute mark and realsied they weren't as “springy” as expected and popped htem back in for another 5 minutes. They came out springy and golden. The 3 scones that didn't fit onto the tray were in next and they went in for 15 solid minutes, they were taller and were springier.

Perhaps the over wasn't warm enough overall? Needed more warming time. The result was no less delicious!

Next week

We have Cheese Scones from Stourhead (Wilstshire). I think we will run an experiment then too; lacto-free cheese and a vegan cheese. We're still requiring eggs, so they're not fully vegan which is a shame but there we are, gotta follow the recipe as closely as we can.

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