I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but with back to school not too far away (yep I know!) if you are looking for yummy lunchbox snacks for the kids, these easy Ham and Cheese Scrolls are for you!
These Ham and Cheese Scrolls are really easy to make and use the same base dough recipe as my Hawaiian Pizza Scrolls and Vegemite and Cheese Scrolls and my favourite part of this recipe is that you don’t need to use any yeast when making this dough.
To give these Ham and Cheese Scrolls a little extra kick, I like to add a couple of tablespoons of seeded mustard, however you could certainly leave this out if you prefer.
As well as making a great lunchbox snack, these easy Ham and Cheese Scrolls are also a great option for your next party and best of all they can be frozen!
Easy Ham and Cheese Scrolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups 300g of self raising flour + extra to dust
- 90 g of butter
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ⅔ cup 160ml of milk
- ¼ cup 60g of butter
- 2 tablespoons of seeded mustard - optional
- 1 cup of grated tasted cheese – plus ¼ cup extra
- 150 g of ham
- Extra milk to brush
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 210 degrees and line a tray with baking paper.
- Sift the self raising flour and salt together in a large bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture is the consistency of bread crumbs.
- Slowly add the milk and use a butter knife to combine.
- Tip the dough out onto a bench and knead until it forms a smooth ball. Use a rolling pin to roll dough out until you have a 30 x 40cm rectangle.
- Spread the butter and mustard (if using) over the dough, leaving a 2cm gap around the edges.
- Brush one long edge with a little milk.
- Scatter the ham and cheese over the dough.
- Starting at the long side (without milk) carefully roll the dough until enclosed.
- Cut into 12 slices – approximately 2cm thick.
- Place on a baking tray and sprinkle with a little extra grated cheese.
- Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown on top and cooked through.
Easy Ham and Cheese Scrolls Thermomix Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 210 degrees and line an oven tray with baking paper.
2. Place the flour, butter and salt into the Thermomix bowl and mix for 10 seconds on speed 9 until mixture is the same consistency as bread crumbs.
3. Add the milk and mix for 7 seconds on speed 4 to combine.
4. Use the kneading function to knead the dough for 2 minutes
5. Turn the dough out onto a floured bench and using a rolling pin, roll the dough out until you have a 30cm x 40cm rectangle.
6. Spread the butter and mustard (if using) over the dough, leaving a 2cm gap around the edges.
7. Brush one long edge with a little milk.
8. Scatter the ham and cheese over the dough.
9. Starting at the long side (without milk) carefully roll the dough until enclosed.
10. Cut into 12 slices – approximately 2cm thick.
11. Place on a baking tray and sprinkle with a little extra grated cheese.
12. Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown on top and cooked through.
Are you starting to think about back to school yet?
Julie
Do you melt the second measure of butter [60g] or just dot it over the pastry?
Lauren Matheson
Hi Julie, I usually just spread it onto the pastry 🙂
Shari from GoodFoodWeek
No school lunch boxes for us yet – but I am sure that they would be go for a trip to the park 😉
Lauren
They would be perfect!
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers
I’m trying to avoid thinking about back to school but these will be going into the lunch boxes for sure. Thanks for linking up to YWF
Lauren
It’s not too far away now! Thanks so much for hosting x
bindybee
These look great Lauren. I need lots of lunchbox ideas. It’s my daughter’s first year of school this year so I need to get creative:)
Tash @ Gift Grapevine
Gah – back to school! I’m well into the labelling and book covering process but haven’t even considered lunch box options. With Miss T in grade 1 and Mr TT starting 3 year old kindy for two days this year I’ll have an extra lunchbox to pack. I usually cheat and buy vegemite or ham and cheese scrolls but you make these sound achievable for even me to make! I’m keen to give them a go – thanks Lauren! xx
Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry
These look great, Lauren! I always thought scrolls had to be made with yeast in the mix (and I kind of avoid making anything with yeast in it like the plague, I’m just way too lazy!), but it turns out that’s not the case! Crazy that the school year will be kicking off again pretty soon. I don’t have any kids of my own, but I’m thinking about back-to-school stuff in any case because I work at a school as my day job! So I like to think of my lunches as school lunches, hehe 🙂
Lauren
I’m always scared to make things with yeast too, this is such a great alternative and perfect to take to work too!