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    Home » Recipes » Cheese Scones with Chives & Sunflower Seeds

    Cheese Scones with Chives & Sunflower Seeds

    Published: April 23, 2017, Modified: November 12, 2019, By: Michelle Alston

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    Cheese scones have to be the most quintessentially British of all teatime treats. As you may know, we live in lovely Ely in Cambridgeshire and we have some very lovely tea shops here, with a wealth of cream teas available to try, and we have tried quite a few. We've even tried some great cream teas in Cornwall and Devon but the cheese scone has never been high up on my list to try, I always go for a fruit scone, maybe it's an Irish thing, we have great scones in Ireland too and unlike here you always get butter with your scone in Ireland! Anyway, that's another story.

    I tried my first proper cheese scone recently when I hosted a bloggers tour of Ely Markets, the lovely people at Lemon Tree Deli kindly shared their lovely cheese scones with us and I was converted. I love cheese and I love scones so I guess it makes perfect sense that I would love cheese scones. What I wasn't expecting though when I made these was that my girl would love them as much as she did! We have been doing a lot of baking recently, mostly me teaching Abigail how to bake some basic recipes like sultana scones. So when I made these cheese scones she wasn't quite on board with the idea of a scone with cheese in it but hey, you know she surprises us all the time.

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    Cheese Scones with Chives - www.thelastfoodblog.com

    I have made these cheese scones with a mixture of strong red Leicester cheese and mature cheddar cheese, I also included chives which give the scones a nice little onion kick, I topped them with sunflower seeds for extra crunchiness. They are really great served warm with butter and a good quality red onion chutney, but they are also great cold. They will keep for a few days in an airtight container and can be warmed up in the oven for a few minutes if you'd like them warm. These cheese scones are great for picnics, tea time treats, school lunch boxes or even breakfast.

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    Cheese Scones with Chives and Sunflower Seeds

    Cheese scones with chives and sunflower seeds, perfect for a tea time treat, picnics or lunch boxes.
    4.84 from 6 votes
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    Course: Tea Time Treats
    Cuisine: British
    Diet: Vegetarian
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 321kcal
    Author: Michelle Alston

    Ingredients

    • 450 g / 3 cups of self raising flour + extra for dusting
    • 1 teaspoon of salt
    • 1 tablespoon English mustard powder
    • 180 g / ¾ cup of strong red Leicester cheese finely grated + 20g for topping
    • 100 g / approx ½ cup of mature cheddar grated
    • 2 tablespoon chives chopped
    • 100 g / approx ½ of cup of cold butter
    • 150 ml / ⅔ cup of cold milk
    • 100 ml / just under ½ a cup of cold water
    • 1 heaped tbsp sunflower seeds
    • 1 large egg beaten with 1tsp milk
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    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C / 392F, I use an electric, fan assisted oven, please adjust according to your own oven.
    • Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl, stir in the salt and mustard powder.
    • Grate in the butter then using your fingertips rub the butter into the flour until you have a texture like breadcrumbs. Stir in the grated cheese and chives.
    • Add the water to the milk.
    • Make a well in the centre then pour in the milk, using a metal spoon stir the milk into the flour mixture. Use your hands to pull it all together but try not to handle the mixture too much.
    • Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured working surface then shape and flatten it into a round, it should be about 2.5 to 3cm high.
    • Using a floured 6cm cutter cut out the scones, reshape the dough again trying not too handle the dough too much. Repeat until you have no dough left.
    • Place the scones on a floured baking tray, brush with the egg wash, top with the reserved cheese and the sunflower seeds.
    • Bake on the middle shelf in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until the scones are golden.
    • Remove from the oven, leave to cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer to a cooling rack.
    • Serve warm with butter and a good red onion chutney.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1scone | Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 35.8g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 13.2g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 366mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1.4g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Karen

      May 03, 2017 at 5:07 pm

      I would love to try these but am not familiar with converting the grams to cups. Could you help me out with that.
      Thanks for your help.

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      • Michelle Alston

        May 03, 2017 at 8:37 pm

        Hi Karen, I have updated the recipe with cup measurements for you. They are American cup measurements and are as close as I could get. I hope this is more helpful for you, do let me know how you get on. Michelle x

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    2. Jean

      April 24, 2017 at 7:41 pm

      4 stars
      Pete and I go round the country comparing the cheese scones, marking them against the ones sold at Ely Cathedral, which are large, filling and very tasty. Very difficult to find in some areas of the midlands, which is where we will be heading soon.

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 7:53 pm

        Oh I'll have to try the scones in Ely Cathedral then, they sound fab! I hope the weather is kind to you on your travels and I hope you find some good cheese scones 😉

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        • jean

          April 28, 2017 at 1:00 pm

          Thanks Michelle. I do enjoy following your blog

        • Michelle Alston

          April 28, 2017 at 1:18 pm

          Thanks Jean, I'm so glad you like it x

    3. Raia

      April 24, 2017 at 1:52 pm

      I love savory scones! These sound quite delicious. 🙂

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 2:40 pm

        Thank you so much Raia x

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    4. Platter Talk

      April 24, 2017 at 1:46 pm

      5 stars
      Great recipe for scone! Looking forward to trying.

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 2:39 pm

        Thank you x

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    5. Veena

      April 24, 2017 at 12:50 pm

      5 stars
      I love scones.. these look so delicious. You make them look so easy. Can't wait to try. We love cheese scones and sunflower seeds so these will be perfect for us.

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 12:55 pm

        Thank you so much Veena x

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    6. Brandi Crawford

      April 24, 2017 at 12:10 pm

      5 stars
      These look delicious! What a wonderful savory treat.

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 12:12 pm

        Thanks Brandi 🙂

        Reply
    7. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours

      April 24, 2017 at 12:05 pm

      5 stars
      Cheese scones are something of childhood memories, and always good ones. Wonderful straight out of the oven. Your recipe sounds delicious, I love the added ingredients.

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 12:10 pm

        Thanks Helen x You are so right they are great straight out of the oven 🙂

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    8. Amanda

      April 24, 2017 at 11:18 am

      Great minds! I have a scone recipe coming up too. These look wonderful Michelle, I have scone envy. x

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 11:41 am

        Thank you lovely x I can't wait to see your scones, I'm sure I will have severe scone envy when I see your lovely photos 😉

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    9. Tina

      April 24, 2017 at 12:27 am

      5 stars
      I have never heard of cheese scones. I just watched a bunch of videos on making scones, I am looking forward to making yours:)

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      • Michelle Alston

        April 24, 2017 at 10:03 am

        I'm newly converted! I hope you enjoy them Tina x

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