Honey-Cheddar-Chutney Scones

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 tablespoon low-fat buttermilk
• 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon mango chutney
• 1/4 cup low-fat small-curd cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 3/4 cup unbleached white flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Into large bowl, sift together 3/4 cup flour,baking powder, bakingsoda and salt.Sift mixture again.
3. Add butter; mix just until crumbly.
4. Add cottage cheese, chutney, Cheddar cheese, honey and 1tablespoonbuttermilk.
5. Combine briefly, just to mix ingredients.
6. If dough istoocrumbly, add additional 1 tablespoon buttermilk.
7. Knead only 5 times.
8. (Dough should be soft and satiny.)Lightly flour board and roll out doughinto 8- by 5-inch rectangle.Cut into rounds with 2-inch biscuit cutter,rerolling and cutting scraps.
9. Place on oiled baking sheet.Bake 7 to 10minutes, until just golden.
10. Yields 10 to 12 scones.
11. Recipe Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 09-28-1998 By Mary Carroll Alan HewittThe UK Recipe Archive recipes on-line in Mastercookand Mealmaster formats.
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