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Home » Breakfast & Brunch » Easy Traditional Scottish Potato Scones/Tattie Scones(+Video!)

Easy Traditional Scottish Potato Scones/Tattie Scones(+Video!)

Author: Karon Grieve Published : January 2018

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3 ingredient potato scones and no full Scottish breakfast would be complete without its tattie scones! Made from leftover potato these delicious scones are super easy to make and go well with all sorts of things from breakfast to soup.

potato scones with full breakfast

What’s to love about this recipe

  • There are only 3 ingredients in this potato scone recipe and don’t we all love a recipe with just a few ingredients!
  • This is a great way to use up leftover potatoes turning them into tattie scones, zero waste!
  • Potato scones are super easy to make and come together in just 10 minutes and that includes cooking them.
  • They taste great.

This recipe for tattie scones is from my book Simply Scottish Cakes And Bakes where you’ll find over 50 fabulous recipes for all sorts of Scottish baking from bannocks to shortbread, scones to my wonderful cranachan cheesecake and so much more.

potato scones in pan

Potato Scones aka Tattie Scones

A scone is a scone no matter the shape or if it happens to be flat as these are!

Traditionally potato scones were made right after lunchtime using the potatoes that were still warm in the pan.

They were quickly mixed with flour, butter and a pinch of salt and the dough rolled out and baked on a girdle (a heavy flat iron pan with arched handle).

They would then be served warm with butter and a cup of tea. Just like a traditional Scottish scone only flatter and made with potato.

Full Scottish Breakfast

Stay in any good Scottish hotel or B&B and you are sure to be offered a ‘full Scottish’ of bacon, flat square sausage (aka Lorne sausage), eggs, tomatoes, haggis and of course these tattie scones.

ingredients for potato scones

Ingredients for tattie/potato scones

  • Potatoes are the star of the show here. Any good mashing potato is fine. King Edwards are always a good choice or Albert Bartlets.
  • flour – just plain flour here, not self-raising or strong bread flour.
  • Butter – use either salted or unsalted whatever butter you have to hand. If unsalted then add a pinch of salt to your tattie scone recipe.

Don’t use leftover mashed potatoes

I know there are some recipes on the internet saying just use leftover mashed potatoes to make your potato scones.

This only works if you haven’t added milk or cream to your mashed potatoes in the first place.

The milk or cream that make mashed potatoes such a delight is what would in fact make your potato scones too sloppy and loose.

Leftover boiled potatoes are perfect for this recipe. Preferably warm potatoes. So if they are completely cold warm them up a bit first to make them easier to work with to form a good dough for your tattie scones.

  • potatoes boiling in pan
  • mixing potatoes with flour
  • rolling out the dough
  • cooking potato scones

How to make potato scones

So how are potato scones made? simple really. You just mix up cooked potato with flour and a bit of cutter to create a dough. Then you bake them in a dry pan….

  • If you are just boiling the potatoes for your tattie scones then drain them thoroughly, you want them as dry as possible to make a good dough.
  • Mash the potatoes thoroughly and add the butter and plain flour to the pan and a pinch of salt if you are using unsalted butter or just fancy more salt.
  • The butter will melt in the warm potatoes so all you have to do is stir everything to form a dough.
  • Scoop this out of the pan onto a floured surface and roll it into a circle and use a plate on top to cut a circle if you want. The dough should be about 3mm thick. Make a cross in the dough so that you will easily be able to break apart the tattie scones when cooked through.
  • Heat a girdle/griddle or just a low-sided frying pan/pancake pan on the hob and DO NOT add any butter or oil to the pan as you are going to dry bake these potato scones not fry them.
  • Cook over moderate heat for about 3 minutes on each side till golden and flip the potato scones over.

The complete list of ingredients and full instructions for making this recipe can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

potato scones with a cup of tea

How to serve potato/tattie scones

You can serve potato scones hot or cold.

They don’t have to be cut into the traditional triangles. Use a cookie cutter and make mini round potato scones and serve them with smoked salmon instead of blinis.

To me they are always best served hot and can be served with butter and sometimes like pancakes with sugar, syrup, honey or jam.

I like them served up plain alongside a full Scottish breakfast or just with bacon, eggs and grilled tomatoes, perfect!

You can even just add them to the pan with your bacon and get that gorgeous bacon flavour through them as they cook instead of cooking them on a dry pan.

Take them to another dimension by turning them into these minted pea potato scones. The flavour is amazing, a marriage made in heaven.

tomatoes and potato scones with bacon

Pro tips for making potato/tattie scones

  • Don’t use cold mashed potatoes with added milk/cream!
  • Use warm dry potatoes to make the dough easier to work with
  • Bake them in a dry pan
  • Use a flat pan so that you can easily get a spatula underneath the scones to turn them over
  • Flour your rolling pin so that it doesn’t stick to the dough when you are rolling it out
  • Use a plate as a circle guide to get a nice round shape
  • Keep the tattie scones warm in a tea towel when serving at the breakfast table

Can you reheat tattie scones?

Yes, once you’ve made your potato scones and they have cooled down you can easily reheat them on a flat pan either with a little oil or butter so they crisp up to serve with bacon etc in a breakfast.

Or you can pop them in a toaster and serve with butter and jam/marmalade.

Can you freeze potato scones?

Yes, they freeze really well. Place them in a single layer with baking parchment between layers if stacking them up in a box. Freeze for up to 3 months. You can even cook your potato scones from frozen!

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breakfast table with potato scones and bacon

Traditional Scottish potato scones (aka tattie scones)

Karon Grieve
Potato scones are a traditional Scottish recipe and make the perfect addition to any hearty cooked breakfast
4 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Scottish
Servings 4 servings
Calories 120 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 250 g potato boiled
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 25 g butter
  • 75 g plain flour
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Mash the potatoes with butter and salt
  • Add the flour till it forms a dough
  • Roll out on floured surface to 3mm thick and use a plate to cut out a circle and then cut into quarters
  • Heat a heavy based flat pan and bake on both sides till golden brown

Video

Notes

Serve tattie scones warm with a full Scottish breakfast or with butter and jam/marmalade
Do not use leftover mashed potatoes that have had milk/cream added as this will make the dough too loose
You can freeze the cooked potato scones for up to 3 months

Nutrition

Calories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 301mgPotassium: 292mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 12IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
Keyword potato scones, scones, tattie scones
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