Recipe: Yummy Zaatar and cheese scones

Zaatar and cheese scones. I hope my English cousins (twice removed) do not take offense here. Scones are a lot easier to make; split in half, filled with some homemade labneh (yogurt cheese) and a drizzle of olive oil is exactly what a Lebanese expat needs. Cheese and Zaatar toasties are a great way to start using zaatar if you're not too familiar with it.

Greek hyssop, and where the biblical plant is said to have been identical to the Arabic word, zaatar (Origanum syriacum), and which word is not to be associated with other ezobs that often bear an additional epithet, such as zaatar farsi = Persian-hyssop (Thymbra. Zaatar is an amazing spice from the middle east and I got a pack from Priya during one of her visits. The pack I got was so big, I still have it in my freezer. You can have Zaatar and cheese scones using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Zaatar and cheese scones

1. You need 2 cups of bread flour.
2. It's 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
3. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
4. You need 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder.
5. You need 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
6. You need 150 ml of milk.
7. Prepare 1 tablespoon of butter.
8. Prepare 25 ml of olive oil.
9. You need 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds.
10. Prepare Handful of wild thyme.
11. It's 1 cup of cottage cheese or soft feta cheese.

I have used zaatar in various bread recipes and they go so well together. You can even use roasted paneer with zaatar. Gooey cheese, plenty of black forest ham, and fresh scallions all baked up in a flaky, buttery scone… I mean, does it get any better?! As mentioned earlier, these scones are really easy!

Zaatar and cheese scones step by step

1. Start with mixing the dry ingredients very well: flour, salt, black pepper, baking powder, garlic powder.
2. Add the butter and olive and mix with flour then rub it together with your fingertips to make a light breadcrumb texture.
3. Add the milk, creamy cheese, wild thyme and sesame seeds and mix until you get a nice dough.
4. Spear the in a circular shape on a baking tray, brush some milk over the top, sprinkle the sesame seeds and add some grated cheddar cheese if you like.
5. Put in a preheated oven at 200c for 10min until you get a golden brown top.
6. The first time I made it, the taste of zaatar was too strong because I added the thyme leaves as they were, but this time I used just a handful of the leaves and crushed them before adding them to the dough and the taste was just perfect 👌🏻.
7. Enjoy it for breakfast with a cup of tea or have it as an appetizer with you dinner 😊.

To make them you're going to need flour, salt, black pepper, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, butter, an. Sprinkle half the cheese and zaatar evenly over the rolled out dough. If you prefer you may scatter some red pepper flakes. (Alternatively, the dough can be rolled out into a circle and cut triangles and make crescent shape rolls). Place the Zaatar and Parmesan Cheese Bread Rolls over a parchment. The cheese most often used in manakeesh is a white salty cheese known as akawi.