The Best Cheese Scones

This easy cheese scone recipe makes the best cheese scones. They are flaky and light, full of cheese flavor, with the addition of fresh chives.

Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl. Chop the cold butter into cubes and add it to the dry ingredients.

Stir in the grated cheese and chopped chives. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the buttermilk.

Fold it together using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, then switch to using your hands to form the dough into a shaggy soft dough ball.

Lift the top third of the dough and bring it into the middle. Bring up the bottom third of the dough and fold this over like you're folding a pamphlet.

Turn the dough 90° so it's lengthwise in front of you, then push or use a rolling pin to push it into another 7x10 inches rectangle. Fold it up once more.

Turn the dough 90° again so it's lengthwise in front of you, and roll one last time into a 7x10 inches (17cm x 25cm) rectangle.

Brush the tops of the scones with milk and top them with cheese.

Bake until deep golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack.

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