Cheese & Marmite scones

Cheese & Marmite scones

Delicious warm from the oven, these scones are good way to introduce wholemeal flour into your baking

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 - 15 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Mix the flours and baking powder in a mixing bowl with a pinch of salt, if you like. Add the butter and rub with your fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (or use a food processor). Stir in ½ of the cheese and make a well in the centre.
  2. Whisk the remaining ingredients together and pour into the well. With a cutlery knife, bring the mixture together to make a soft, but not sticky dough. Add a little more milk if the dough is too dry.
  3. Turn onto a floured surface, then roll out to about 2cm thick. Stamp out 4 scones using a round cutter, then gather the trimmings and repeat until all the dough has been used. Put on a baking sheet, brush with milk and scatter over remaining cheese. Bake for 10-12 mins until golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Per scone

226 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 0.9 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006.

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  • Binder photo Dee

    09 November 2007

    Dee rated and commented on this recipe

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    These are really light and absolutely delicious with cheese and nibbles and a glass of wine (as well as being fab for children's lunchboxes)

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  • 20 March 2008

    lallypop commented on this recipe

    a fantastic recipe , quick and easy and great for kids to bake , yummy too !

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  • 20 March 2008

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  • 16 August 2008

    Cheryl in Qatar commented on this recipe

    These are wonderful! I split them and put cream cheese in the middle as a change for those boring packed lunches!

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  • 07 October 2008

    Heather commented on this recipe

    These are FAB served with a cheese selection with some home made chutneys and relishes as a different take on a ploughmans! They freeze really well and kids loved them in their lunch boxes with cheese in the middle as a different cheese sandwich.

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  • 11 March 2009

    Nell rated and commented on this recipe

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    These are delicious and so easy to make, I used buttermilk instead of greek yogurt which seemed to work well. They were even a hit with my boyfriend who is definately in the "hate Marmite" camp!

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  • 18 March 2009

    helen b. commented on this recipe

    love these different savoury scones. Delicious with ham and tomato chutney and so easy to make!

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  • 18 July 2009

    nicola rated and commented on this recipe

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    These are delicious!My family loved them,my one year old son even loved them!The marmite adds a real savory flavour,very tasty.

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  • Binder photo amn

    07 September 2009

    amn commented on this recipe

    Delicious. Added some dried herbs to the flour. Also didn't have wholemeal flour so used brown bread mix. Turned out fine.

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  • 23 September 2009

    The Housekeeper commented on this recipe

    I followed recipe exactly and love the taste but they are a bit "heavy"............am I too heavy handed with the dough? could it be the fact that I have used wholemeal flour which is new to me? Would like to make them lots but they are not something I would be proud to offer to guests.

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  • 15 November 2009

    pippidoodle commented on this recipe

    Hi, I've recently got into baking & really like the sound of these. However, I'm slightly confused. When it says 'wholemeal flour', does it mean plain or self raising? Hope I'm not being too dense. : )

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  • 09 December 2009

    bethesda rated and commented on this recipe

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    i tried this recipe as my husband loves marmite but i wanted to do something other than put it on toast for him. i don't usually like marmite myself but these scones were delicious! very easy to make aswell.

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  • 03 February 2010

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  • 26 February 2010

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  • 23 April 2010

    Fiona rated and commented on this recipe

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    I only got the chance to eat one of these scones, it was delicious, my eldest son scoffed the rest so next time I make them, I'm going to have to hide a few in a place where only I can find them!

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  • 02 May 2010

    Joha commented on this recipe

    Any suggestions for an alternative to the yogurt, i'm not a big fan of it so it would be quite wasteful to buy a tub just for a few spoonfulls

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  • 22 May 2010

    MetalZombie rated this recipe

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  • Binder photo Jo

    15 June 2010

    Jo rated this recipe

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  • Binder photo lyn

    02 July 2010

    lyn commented on this recipe

    really easy to make, got the 'thumbs-up' from my family of marmite lovers but weren't overly marmite flavoured for me who hates the stuff! will definately make them again. They look nice with the cheese melted on the top too.

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  • 15 July 2010

    elizabeth commented on this recipe

    Suggestion for Joha: I would replace the 2 tbsps yoghurt with 2tbsps milk to which you have added a squeeze of lemon juice, then leave to stand for a few minutes to allow the milk to curdle. It is this acidity which helps the scones to rise.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 - 15 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 140g self-raising flour
  • 140g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 50g cold butter , cut into small cubes
  • 85g mature cheddar , grated
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp Marmite
  • 2 tbsp Greek or natural yogurt
  • 3 tbsp milk , plus extra to glaze
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Per scone

226 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 0.9 g

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