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Cheese Scones

These scones are an Edmonds and a Kiwi staple! A quick and easy recipe to add a savoury touch to your next morning tea.

12
Serves
20mins
Prep Time
(40)
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Cheese Scones

Ingredients

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Grease or flour a baking tray.
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add cheese, cayenne pepper and mustard powder to the mixture. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 
  3. Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top. 
  4. Working quickly, pat the dough out to 2cm thickness. With a floured knife, cut it into 12 even-sized pieces, then separate the scones to allow 2cm space between them. Brush the tops with milk. 
  5. Before baking, top each scone with a little more grated cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft. 

Products used in this recipe

Edmonds Standard Flour 1.5kg FOP

Standard Grade Flour
Edmonds Baking Powder NZ Edmonds Cooking

Baking Powder

Add your review

Isla

Amazing recipe

Isla

Can you use something else other than cayenne pepper?

Anonymous

Remove the cayenne pepper. Too strong. And mustard. Maybe be better with some green herb stock

Sophie

Family stable, always turn out amazing! Use tasty cheese for the best flavour :)

Leanne

Take a while to make but taste amazing

oscar

:)

Samantha

Just made this recipe for my kids lunchboxes. Turned out great!

Katherine

Yummy and not hard to make :)

Renee

Thanks so much for you quick advice - I'll have to make these!

Renee

Forgive the ignorance of a poor Yank, but what kind(s) of cheese are the most traditional and are there newer versions as well?

EDMONDS: We love questions at Edmonds! In NZ we would traditionally use Tasty cheese for a stronger cheese flavour or Edam or Colby cheese for a milder cheesy taste. The US equivalent to Tasty cheese would most likely be Aged White Cheddar. Happy baking!

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