How to Cook Yummy Quick cheese scones

Quick cheese scones. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk. Delicious mature cheddar cheese scones easy step by step instructions from start to finish. Cheese scones are the kings of the savory British scone and surprisingly quick and easy to make.

Scones are like a cross between a quick bread and a biscuit. They're a one-bowl baked good that can be savory or sweet, circular. This quick and easy cheese scone recipe is really simple to make at home - the kids will love them! You can have Quick cheese scones using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Quick cheese scones

1. It's 225 g of Self Raising Flour + a little for dusting.
2. Prepare Pinch of salt.
3. Prepare Pinch of cayenne pepper.
4. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
5. You need 55 g of chilled butter.
6. You need 120 g of mature cheddar.
7. Prepare 90-100 ml of milk + some for glazing.

This cheese scone recipe makes scones that are really moreish. This is my favorite, very simple, recipe for savory scones. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Scones are a type of yeast-free bread similar to biscuits.

Quick cheese scones step by step

1. Pre heat the oven to 180’C fan and put a metal baking tray in the oven to heat up..
2. Prep your ingredients and grate the cheddar ready..
3. Add the flour, baking powder, cayenne pepper and salt to a large bowl. Mix with a spoon till all combined..
4. Add the butter in cubes and with your fingertips rub the butter into the flour till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Now add half the grated cheese and mix together..
5. Slowly add a little milk at a time to the flour mixture - mixing constantly with your hands till you have a soft but firm dough..
6. Lightly sprinkle flour on a smooth surface a roll out the dough to a 2cm thickness. Flour your cutter (any shape you like!) and cut out as many as you can - you may need to re roll a couple of times to use all the mixture..
7. Remove the hot tray from the oven and cover with a piece of parchment paper. Move the cut scones to the tray and glaze with the leftover milk and sprinkle some cheese on top. Move to the oven and cook for 15-20 mins till golden brown..
8. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Then enjoy with lots of butter!.

They are popular in the United Kingdom, and are often served at tea time with jams, cream, butter. Into a large mixing bowl sift in the flour then add the butter and rub together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Hugely popular with family and friends and a The simplest and best cheese scone recipe I have found to date. I used self raising wholemeal flour as that's My first attempt at making cheese scones so I stuck religiously to the recipe. Cheese scones by Penrhyn castle, via Jane Pettigrew's book Traditional Teatime Recipes.

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