Easy cheese scones

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.

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 15 minutes + 10 minutes baking

Serves: 4 – 6

Ingredients

225g self raising flour
1 pinch salt
55g butter
25g Cheddar cheese
150ml milk

How to make easy cheese scones without baking powder

Pre heat the oven to 200C/190C Fan 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.

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Easy cheese scones

These easy cheese scones are a great, simple bake for children. With only a few ingredients they don’t take long and are delicious straight from the oven.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time25 mins

Course: Afternoon tea, Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: cheese, savoury

Servings: 6

Author: cookingwithmykids

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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