Cheese Scones Recipe

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4.75 from 4 votes

Classic cheese scones are an irresistibly soft and savoury snack, and so easy to make.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Australian

Servings: scones

Calories: 132kcal

Author: Libby Hakim

Equipment

round scone cutter (5cm)

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour (all purpose flour)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
⅛ teaspoon curry powder
20 grams butter
1 cup grated cheese (tasty or cheddar)
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped chives
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
extra milk to brush top of scones

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees celsius fan-forced.
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.
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 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.

Notes

Serving and storage:

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

They 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.

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.

Nutrition:

The nutrition information is an automatically generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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