Short, cheesy and salty teacake.

Recipes | 24.11.2025

This is a great choice! Short, cheesy and salty teacakes (or cheese scones/crisps) are the perfect accompaniment to a tea party or wine tasting, and are simply irresistible.

The secret is in the shortcrust pastry, which can be achieved with cold butter and fat.

Here is a classic recipe for sour cream, short cheese scones/crisps, which can be baked until crispy!

🧀 Short, Sour Cream Cheese Teacake (Crisp/Crisps)
This recipe can be used with a cookie cutter or a knife, it is enough for about 30–40 pieces.

I. Ingredients
Ingredients Quantity Note
Fine flour $500 \text{ g}$
Butter/Margarine $250 \text{ g}$ Cold, cut into cubes.
Sour cream (high fat content) $200 \text{ g}$ Cold.
Egg yolk $1 \text{ pcs}$


Cheese (grated, e.g. Trappist) $150 \text{ g}$ For the dough.
Baking powder $1 \text{ packet (10 g)}$
Salt $1 \text{ tsp}$ (To taste)
Cheese (grated) $50 \text{ g}$ For sprinkling.
Egg $1 \text{ pcs}$ For the coating.
II. Preparation

  1. Assemble the Dough
    Crumbs: Sift the flour into a bowl. Mix in the baking powder and salt. Crumble in the cold butter/margarine (or use a food processor) until you get a crumbly texture.
    Add the cheese: Add the $150 \text{ g}$ grated cheese to the crumb base.
    Knead: Add the egg yolks and cold sour cream. Knead quickly into a smooth but elastic dough. Do not knead for too long!
  2. Rest
    Shape the dough into a loaf, wrap in foil and refrigerate for at least $30 \text{ minutes}$ (but better $1 \text{ hour}$). This resting time is key to achieving a crumbly texture.
  3. Shape and Bake


    Prepare: Preheat the oven to $180^\circ\text{C}$ (top and bottom heat). Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
    Stretching: Roll out the rested dough on a floured board to a thickness of about $5 \text{ mm}$.
    Cutting: Cut the dough into any shape you like:
    Pogácsa: With a small round cutter.
    Crispy: Cut into oblong bars or squares with a knife.
    Preparation: Place the dough pieces on the baking sheet.
    Brushing and sprinkling: Brush the tops with a beaten whole egg, then sprinkle generously with the remaining $50 \text{ g}$ grated cheese (or sesame seeds/cumin seeds).
    Baking: Bake for about $15-20 \text{ minutes}$ until golden brown.
    Let cool in the baking sheet, then serve immediately!

Would you rather have a recipe for the classic Hungarian, leavened (yeast) cheese pogácsa?

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