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Chilli cheese savoury scones

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Chilli cheese savoury scones served with a side salad

These warm and comforting chilli cheese scones are the perfect treat to enjoy with salad in the sunshine.

I love pleasingly dense texture, cheesy tops and gentle heat that these savoury scones deliver. They’re great on their own, or sliced and filled with cream cheese, or dipped into tomato soup.

Ingredients

  • 420g (15 oz) white self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100g (3.5 oz) salted butter, cold and cubed
  • 180g (6 oz) mature cheese, grated
  • 1 red chilli, half sliced and half finely diced
  • 200ml (6.7 fl oz) whole milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a bowl, mix the flour with the bicarbonate of soda.

Flour and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl
Using your hands, rub in the butter until you have an even crumb.

Add the butter to the mixing bowl
Flour, bicarbonate of soda and butter mixed together in a bowl

Add 100g (3.5 oz) of the cheese and use a fork to gently combine.

Add grated cheese to the scone mix

The mix for the savoury scones

Add the finely diced chilli and mix through.

Finely diced chilli is added to the scone mix

Chilli cheese savoury scones mix in a mixing bowl

Slowly add the milk while mixing, then tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead very briefly. You don’t want to overwork it, just enough to bring it together.

Add milk to the scone mix

Chilli cheese savoury scones dough in hands

Press gently into a round about 20cm (8 inches) wide.

Chilli cheese savoury scones dough

Divide the dough into six triangles

Cut into six equal triangles and transfer them to a flour dusted baking tray.

Chilli cheese savoury scone triangles on a floured baking tray

Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of each scone.

Chilli cheese savoury scone triangles sprinkled with cheese

Top with a slice of chilli.

Top the scones with a slice of chilli

Bake for 12-15 minutes until the scones have puffed and turned golden.

Baked chilli cheese savoury scones until golden brown

So moreish, so spicy, so good!

Chilli cheese savoury scones served with a side salad of lettuce and tomatoes

 

Here’s the recipe in printable form.

Chilli cheese savoury scones (recipe)

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Emily Leary
The perfect pick em up for when the summer starts drawing to a close! Warm, cheesy and gently hot these scones have a little sunshine in every bite.
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Metric - Ounces

Ingredients

  • 420 g white self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100 g salted butter cold and cubed
  • 180 g mature cheese grated
  • 1 red chilli half sliced and half finely diced
  • 200 ml whole milk

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a bowl, mix the flour with the bicarbonate of soda.
  • Using your hands, rub in the butter until you have an even crumb.
  • Add 100g (3.5 oz) of the cheese and use a fork to gently combine.
  • Add the finely diced chilli and mix through.
  • Slowly add the milk while mixing, then tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead very briefly. You don’t want to overwork it, just enough to bring it together.
  • Press gently into a round about 20cm (8 inches) wide.
  • Cut into six equal triangles and transfer them to a flour dusted baking tray.
  • Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of each scone.
  • Top with a slice of chilli.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes until the scones have puffed and turned golden.
* Note: nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
Course: Bread
Keywords: bread, cheese, chilli, savoury, scones
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  4. five little doves says

    15 October, 2017 at 3.08pm

    Oooh cheese scones!! I remember baking these at school, minus the chilli, and always think that we should bake them at home but never get round to it. I am so going to make these this week though, I think the kids will love them. Who doesn’t love cheese?

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  6. Rachael Lines says

    15 September, 2013 at 8.25pm

    I am terrible for munching cheese scones, I get lazy sometimes and just spoon the mix into a baking tray for cakes, 12 delicious cheesy buns that we all love.

    I clicked to have a look as I love the idea of a chilli twist, Il save this to my recipe folder, :) Great idea. x

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  8. AtoZ Mummy says

    15 September, 2013 at 2.50pm

    Wow these not only look AWESOME but are so simple :)) I will most definitely be giving these ago. I made biscuits this morning and finished off the last of the SR flour otherwise I’d be making them now!!!

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