Savoury Cheese Scones

How to make delicious savoury cheese scones, quick, simple, and delicious, easy step by step instructions, from start to finish.

Ingredients

300g / 11oz Self raising flour
Note: If using Plain or All-purpose flour, add an extra 2tsp of baking powder to the recipe, making a total of 3½tsp
80g / 2.8oz Cold Butter
130g / 4½ Mature Cheddar Cheese (Grated)
120g / 120mls Milk (full or half fat)
6g / 1½tsp Baking powder
3g / 1tsp Mustard powder
2g / ½tsp Turmeric
2g / ¼tsp Salt
Extra cheese for topping
Milk for glazing

Before starting the recipe preheat your oven to 200°C / 392°F or gas mark 6.
Sift all of the dry ingredients to a large bowl.
Note: If you’re using plain or all-purpose flour, you need to add an extra 2 tsp of baking powder to the recipe.
Add the cold butter to the bowl, and rub together until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
Fold in the grated cheese with your fingers until it is evenly incorporated.
Add the milk, and cut it in using a dinner knife.
Gently fold the mixture together into a dough by hand, taking care not to over handle the dough.
Handling the rolling pin lightly, gently roll the dough out into a rectangle approximately 2.5cm / 1in thick.

Cut the dough into approximately 8 scones with a 6cm / 2½in scone cutter or knife.
Place the scones on a greased baking tray, brush the tops with milk and add a little finely grated cheese on top, and underneath each one.
Place the tray into the preheated oven and set your timer for 14 minutes, times may vary between 13 and 17 minutes due to varying temperatures of different ovens.
When the time is up, remove from the oven when golden brown and allow them to cool on a wire rack.
Serve warm, with lashings of butter.
Enjoy.