Easy cheese scones
This easy cheese scone recipe is a great, simple bake for children. With less than 5 ingredients they don’t take long and are delicious straight from the oven.
My kids are cheese fiends so these easy cheese scones make a great snack or lunch treat. With only a few ingredients (and without baking powder) they don’t take long to make and are delicious served straight from the oven. Children will enjoy measuring and mixing the ingredients as well as cutting the scones out. There’s nothing better than a fresh cheese scone, still warm from the oven, so on the next rainy day or quiet afternoon after school, why not bake some with your kids.
How can kids help make these easy cheese scones?
Scones are a great bake to make with kids. As with all baking, there’s the chance for kids to measure out and mix in all the ingredients. And with only a few ingredients, these cheese scones really are super easy.
Rather than using a mixer, this recipe just gets you to mix everything together in a large mixing bowl. As much as my kids love watching our mixer on the go, I always think it’s a much nicer for them to do things by hand, and really see how everything comes together. It makes it a great sensory experience for little kids.
When you make these scones, your kids will also get to use their cutters to cut out the scones. It’s a bit like playing with playdough, and a great task for little ones to practice. Unlike cutting out biscuits/cookies, these are much thicker and bit more robust, which makes them a little bit more forgiving!
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15 minutes + 10 minutes baking
Serves: 4 – 6
Ingredients
225g (1 3/4 cups) self raising flour*
1 pinch salt
55g (1/2 cup) butter
25g (1/4 cup or 1 oz) Cheddar cheese
150ml (1/2 cup + 1 tbsp) milk
* If you don’t have self-raising flour, use 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose or plain flour plus 2 tsp of baking powder.
How to make easy cheese scones without baking powder
Pre heat the oven to 200C/190C Fan / 390F and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper
Mix the flour and butter together
Get your child to measure the flour into a bowl. Add a pinch of salt.
Weigh the butter, then cut it into small pieces before adding to the flour. Rub it together with your hands until it is well mixed and looks like fine breadcrumbs.
Grate your cheese and add to the flour, and again using your hands, mix it all in.
Add the milk
Measure the milk into a jug. Make a well in the middle of your flour mixture, then slowly add the milk until you have a soft but firm dough. Don’t add it all at once, as you might not need it all to get it to the right consistency – a not too sticky dough.
Make the cheese scones
Lightly sprinkle flour on to your work surface. Roll out or pat down the dough until it is about 2cm thick. Using a cutter (or a glass if you don’t have any) cut out your scones and pop them on the baking tray.
Bake the cheese scones
Brush the tops with a little milk then bake them in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
They’re best served warm with butter or more cheese.
Easy cheese scones
Ingredients
- 225 g self raising flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 55 g butter
- 25 g Cheddar cheese
- 150 ml milk
Instructions
Pre heat the oven to 200C/190C Fan
Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper
- Measure the flour into a bowl. Add a pinch of salt. Weigh the butter, then cut it into small pieces before adding to the flour. Rub it together with your hands until it is well mixed and looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Grate your cheese and add to the flour, and again using your hands, mix it all in.
Add the milk
- Measure the milk into a jug. Make a well in the middle of your flour mixture, then slowly add the milk until you have a soft but firm dough. Don’t add it all at once, as you might not need it all to get it to the right consistency.
Make the scones
- Lightly sprinkle flour on to your work surface. Roll out or pat down the dough until it is about 2cm thick. Using a cutter (or a glass if you don’t have any) cut out your scones and pop them on the baking tray.
- Brush the tops with a little milk then bake them in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
- They’re best served warm with butter or more cheese!
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