Sweet Potato, Blue Cheese And Walnut Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 small sweet potato, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
2 tsp sugar
4 oz blue cheese, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1/4 cup milk
None None FOR THE BLUE CHEESE BUTTER
7 tbsp butter, softened
2 oz blue cheese, softened
1 None green onion, thinly sliced

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 425\u00b0F. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan.
Boil, steam or microwave sweet potato until tender; drain. Cool 10 mins. Mash sweet potato in medium bowl. Sir in flour, sugar, cheese and nuts. Pour in milk; stir until mixture makes a sticky dough.
Gently knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Using hand, flatten dough to 3/4-inch thickness. Using a 1 1/2-inch pastry cutter, cut 24 rounds from dough. Place rounds, slightly touching, in prepared pan.
Bake about 20 mins or until scones are lightly browned. Cool in pan 2 mins. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.
Meanwhile, for the blue cheese butter, combine all ingredients in small bowl. Serve with scones.