Quick cheese scones. Simple, quick cheese scones that can be frozen or enjoyed warm with soup. Indulge in some cheese scones for afternoon tea or as part of a picnic. They're also great served alongside soups. Quick cheese scones

You can cook Quick cheese scones using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Quick cheese scones
  1. Prepare of Self Raising Flour + a little for dusting.
  2. It’s of salt.
  3. Prepare of cayenne pepper.
  4. You need of baking powder.
  5. You need of chilled butter.
  6. It’s of mature cheddar.
  7. You need of milk + some for glazing.

Our savoury scones are perfect as an afternoon treat. The perfect savoury cheese scone recipe - best eaten warm spread liberally with butter! These scones are so easy to whip up for lunchboxes or picnics. The quintessential British snack, our recipe repertoire wouldn't be complete without our signature cheese scones.

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!.

We've combined our classic Mature Clothbound Cheddar with our very own take on. This classic cheese scone recipe shows you how easy these baked goods are to make, whether for snacking or part of a traditional afternoon tea. If you want quick easy scones, this recipe is for you!!! Scones are a type of yeast-free bread similar to biscuits. They are popular in the United Kingdom, and are often served at tea time with jams, cream, butter.