Cheese Scones

Scones. Cheese. It really is a match made in culinary heaven and this Easy Cheese Scones recipe takes you directly to that destination.

Ingredients for Cheese Scones

With a traditional scone base, the star here is the cheese!

And there's two types of cheese that go into these scones:

• cheddar or tasty cheese – for its sharpness and meltability
• parmesan cheese – for added sharpness and flavour.

I've also added a couple of ingredients to boost the cheesy savoury flavour packed into these scones:

• curry powder (I use Keen's Curry powder) – just a little, you won't taste it but it adds that "extra" element
• fresh chives – the mild, delicate onion flavour enhances the taste and adds a subtle freshness to these popular baked treats.

And then there are the ingredients for the traditional scone base:

• plain flour (all purpose flour)
• baking powder
• salt
• butter
• egg
• milk.

Please find the ingredient quantities in the recipe card at the end of the post.

How to make Cheese Scones

Start by pre-heating the oven to 200 degrees celsius fan-forced and getting a scone cutter (5cm) ready.

Mixing

Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and curry powder.

Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Stir in ¾ of the cheese, ¾ of the chives and all of the parmesan.

Whisk together the milk and egg and then stir through the mixture with a blunt knife. Stir gently until the dough comes together, being careful not to overmix.

Press out rounds

Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Pat together mixture with your hands and flatten until about 3cm thick.

Use a floured scone cutter to press out rounds.

Place the scones onto the baking tray, almost touching. Brush tops of scones with a little extra milk and sprinkle with remaining cheese and chives.

Bake

Bake for about 15 minutes or until a pale golden colour on top.

Allow to cool for a minute or two in the dish before turning out into a clean tea towel placed on a cooling rack.

Wrap in the tea towel and serve warm with butter.

Enjoy

These scones are perfect served warm just on their own! Or add a little butter.

They're also perfect for a quick brekkie and I love them served with my Pumpkin Soup.

Recipe FAQs

Q. Can you freeze Cheese Scones?

These scones freeze well.

Let scones cool before freezing and place in a freezer bag or airtight container. Scones will keep for up to 3 months in the freezer.

Q. How long will these keep otherwise?

These are best eaten fresh on the day you make them. However, warm them up in the microwave the next day and they're still quite good.

Q. Do you have other scone recipes?

Yes! Try my Lemonade Scones recipe, Pumpkin Scones recipe and Buttermilk Scones recipe.