The festival of comfort food continues ... cheese scones

So, I was just comparing notes with a friend in London on how we've both been baking our socks off to distract ourselves from the plague coronavirus. One of my favourite lunches, on these work-from-home days, is cheese scones. Simple and utterly scrumptious. Here goes ...

Preheat oven to 250 degrees Celsius.

2 cups self-raising flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk
1 cup grated cheese
pepper and salt, to taste
chopped capsicum and/or spring onions (optional)

Rub the butter into the flour. Mix in the cheese, pepper and salt, then add the milk (plus optional vegetables if you like) and mix to make a stiff dough. Roll or press out to be about 2 cm thick. Cut into chunks, space out on a baking tray, and bake for about 10 minutes. Slather with (optional) extra butter and eat warm! Nom nom.