Scones are one of my dreaded dishes, meaning I am afraid of them every time I think of making them. I have tried it a few times unsuccessfully. Finally I made this Jalapenos Cheddar Cumin Scones as part of this month Baking Partner’s challenge. This month the challenge was to make either tart or scones. This was suggested by Archana of “Mad Scientist in Kitchen”. I was in mood to make the tart, but ended up changing my mind when I was getting ready to bake and instead made this Jalapenos Cheddar Cumin Scones.
According to Wikipedia, scone is a single-serving cake or quick bread. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and are baked on sheet pans. They are often lightly sweetened and are occasionally glazed. They usually served with tea. Normally scones are sweetened one; there are savory varieties also out there. I had tried making scones few times earlier, most of time failed, so this I was nervous and wanted to succeed this time. The recipe suggested by Archana is from Good Food magazine, it is eggless and use buttermilk. It needs self rising flour, cheddar cheese and sage. I don’t have self rising flour and sage in my hand so I tried with Jalapenos peppers. I read that adding eggs and heavy cream to the recipe gives more puffiness to scones compared to just adding baking powder.
Please check other baking partners challenge by clicking the links, here.Here comes the recipe, since I can get success this scone, then it is delicious no doubt about that. Give it try.
Delicious cheesy, spicy and fragment scones made with cheddar, jalapenos and cumin.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbs. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 8 tbs. cold butter, diced
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½. sharp Cheddar cheese, diced
- 2 small jalapeño pepper, minced ( about ½ cup chopped)
- Egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tsp. water)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. In a small skillet, melt ½ tablespoon of butter.
- Sauté jalapeños until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Place in a small bowl with Cheddar cheese and coat with 1 tbs. of flour.
- . In another bowl, combine the rest of the flour with baking powder , cumin and salt. Cut in remaining butter with a fork until the butter is pea-size.
- Lightly whip eggs and cream and add to the flour-and-butter mixture
- Using a wooden spoon, fold mixture until it begins to come together.
- Add the Cheddar-and-jalapeño mixture to the dough and mix until everything is incorporated.
- Turn out the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead gently for less than one minute.
- Roll dough ¾- to 1-inch thick and cut into 8 triangles.
- Brush with egg wash and place on parchment.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
This recipe is adapted from New york Magazine
Copyright ©2014 Zesty South Indian Kitchen by Swathi(Ambujom Saraswathy) All Rights Reserved
Pin it for later
Loading InLinkz ...
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Anupa says
I have never tried making scones at home...ur post is making me tempt...high time that I try it
Jaleelakamal says
Looks tempting
Reeni says
I'm glad you had success with these! They look perfect and so delicious with the spicy peppers - that was a good idea! I have scone failures before too but not this time. These were really good.
Jaleelakamal says
Looks tempting
kaveri says
The scones look very delicious..like the addition of jalapenos...will be trying the scones soon.
Shweta says
My type of breakfast, looks so good. love it
sushma mallya says
looks yum!!!
Gayathri Kumar says
The scones look so nice Swathi. Love the combination of cheese and jalapeno. Must have been spicy!!
sangeetha says
perfect scones with detailed pictures as always!!!
Gayathri says
Scones looks delicious. Well explained with lots of pictures.
traditionallymodernfood says
Savory version s my fav too:) looks delicious
Happy Valley Chow says
I love scones of any kind and this savory one looks terrific, fantastic job!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Suja Manoj says
Love this savory version,colorful and yummy
Linda @ForkandForage says
These flavors sound so yummy in a scone. I love jalapeno and cumin. Yum!
Arthy Shama says
You have made an perfect choice of ingredients, Swathi 🙂 Jalapenos must have added an bit of spice with cumin for flavours. That must be rich and an apt tea-time snack 🙂
Mayuri Patel says
lovely scones. Must be so tasty.
Taylor @ Pink Heels Pink Truck says
These scones look so yummy!! Pinning!!
themadscientistskitchen says
You are nervous of baking scones? I find that a bit difficult to accept. You who make such delicious cakes and breads? Anyway these scones look yum. My daughters will surely love them. Thanks for a with eggs recipe I dont have to think now when I want that option.:D
Thanks a lot for the opportunity to suggest this month. I would have not bothered to otherwise.
julie says
loved the cumin flavors in scones,yummy spicy ones with jalapenos too 🙂
shama says
yummy preparation
Fab says
I loved all the additions you've made to these scones, I'm inspired to try them out next time too!
marudhuskitchen says
These scones are just perfect..
Subha Rajesh says
Looks super yummy..Pictures are great dear..
jaspinder kaur says
Looks super delicious dear, flavorful dish..
nayana says
Delicious scones
nayana says
Sounds very delicious going to make them today n seeing ur results planning to add eggs
Smitha says
that looks so yummy
Smitha says
that looks so tempting..
Radha says
Yummy recipe would love to try it 🙂
Sona says
These scones so tempting and delicious, surely want to try this soon.
Rita says
This recipe looks great, but I don't see the cumin on the ingredients list, and it just kind of shows up without being mentioned in the pictures. How much did you use?
Swathi says
Rita, thanks for letting me know. I updated the ingredients list, I used 2 teaspoon.
Marisa says
Your scones with jalapeños look fantastic. I'm happy you've done your best. Very British recipe but with a Mexican touch. Cheers dear Swathie. Have a very happy week
http://thermofan.blogspot.com.es
rebecca says
fun flavors
Lisa says
I adore scones and this combination is perfect. Lovely.
Usha says
Looks so delicious and tempting !! I always prefer the savory version to the sweet version in scones 🙂