Recipe - Sage Derby Cheese Scones

2 cup Unbleached flour
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Fresh ground pepper
1 One half cup Grated sage derby cheese
1/3 cup Butter; cold
1/3 cup Milk
2 lg Eggs
Heavy cream

In a large bowl;thoroughly mix to gether flour,baking powder,pepper and
cheese.With pastry blender,cut in butter until the mixture resembles fine
crumbs. Whisk together milk and eggs and fold into dry mixture.Quickly and
lightly,knead the dough.It is important not to overwork the dough,and to
keep it cool.Place the dough on a lightly greased cookie sheet and pat into
an 8" circle.Cut into 8 wedges,brush the top with heavy cream and bake at
400 deg. for 15 to 18 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the
center comes out clean.Makes 8 servings...

Irwin Solomon

MC formatted/busted by Martha Hicks 4/98

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Megabytes" megabytes@email.msn.com on
Apr 4, 1998