Recipe - Savory Ham And Swiss Cheese Scones

SCONES
5 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
6 tablespoon Land O Lakes® Butter
2 ounce Land O Lakes® Swiss Cheese;
shredded (One half cup)
1/3 cup Finely chopped ham
3 tablespoon Chopped fresh chives*
One half cup Land O Lakes® Light Sour
Cream
1 tablespoon Dijonstyle mustard
Grated Parmesan cheese; if
desired

MUSTARD BUTTER
One fourth cup Land O Lakes® Honey Butter
1 teaspoon Dijonstyle mustard

Heat oven to 400F. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda
and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in
Swiss cheese, ham and chives. In small bowl combine sour cream and mustard.
Add to flour mixture; stir until mixture forms soft dough. Place dough on
lightly floured surface; knead dough 10 times. Roll or pat out dough to 10
x 5inch rectangle; cut into 2 1/2inch squares with sharp knife. Cut each
square diagonally in half. Place dough triangles 1 inch apart on baking
sheets; sprinkle lightly with Parmesan cheese. Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or
until lightly browned. Meanwhile, in small bowl combine butter and mustard
until well mixed. Serve with warm scones.

* Substitute 1 tablespoon dried chives.

Prep Time: 20 minutes Baking Time: 17 minutes

TIP: For flaky scones, the butter should be cold when cutting it into the
flour mixture.

Nutrition Facts (1 scone) Calories 130; Protein 4 g; Carbohydrate 11 g; Fat
8 g; Cholesterol 25 mg; Sodium 220 mg

Happily scanned and MC formatted, using Buster, by Pamela Creeden 5/11/98

NOTES : Traditionally served with tea in England, these little breads are
great served any time of day.
Recipe by: Land O Lakes / Flavors of Spring

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Pamela Creeden" creedenites@sprintmail.com
on May 11, 1998