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.

Serves

20mins

Prep Time

(45)

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Ingredients

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C. Grease or flour a baking tray.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Jason

Has anyone cooked these in an air fryer?

Merg

Rub the butter into the flour before adding the cheese.

Mereheni

Easy mix. Fast baking. Yummo

Ruthie

Love them

Pam

So quick and easy to make for a yummy scone

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