Tattie scones are a Scottish breakfast food made from mashed potatoes, flour, salt, and butter. They are thinner than crumpets and can be eaten plain or with toppings. They are naturally savory and can be made with added ingredients like oatmeal or cheese. They can also be eaten as a cold lunch or toasted with toppings.
Tattie scones are a Scottish breakfast food made from mashed potatoes, flour, salt and butter. You may also hear them referred to as potato scones, and they’re a popular staple in Scotland, where they often appear as part of the traditional full Scottish breakfast. You can also see variations of scones in Ireland where they are better known as fadge or sometimes potato bread. In the UK, scones are generally readily available; you can also make them at home quite easily.
The term “scoapy” is a bit misleading here, as it evokes a fluffy, former pastry that Americans think of as a biscuit. Tattie’s Scones are more like rolled oats, being much thinner than crumpets, and made with dough that bakes into a flexible sheet that can be eaten plain, rolled up with a variety of toppings, or used to sandwich things like cheese and jam. Tattie’s scones are also heavier than traditional scones, because they lack leavening.
To make tattie scones, cooks mix potatoes and flour in roughly a two-to-one ratio, adding a third cup of melted butter for every cup of mashed potatoes and a pinch of salt, creating a pliable but slightly stiff dough. The dough is classically rolled out and cut into rounds, which are fried on a griddle or in a heavy skillet on the hob. Before cooking, the tattie scones are pierced with several small holes to ensure they cook all the way through, and after cooking, the rounds are cut into quarters.
Other ingredients can be added to tattie scones for more texture and flavour. It’s important to remember that these scones are naturally savory, rather than sweet, unlike many other breakfast desserts, so things like dried or candied fruit sometimes go wrong in tattie scones, but cooks may add oatmeal or cheese cooked successfully. Cheese also makes a great topping for tattie scones, especially when melted.
There’s nothing to stop you making tattie scones at other times of day than breakfast, and they make a decent cold lunch too, especially when wrapped in ham, cheese, or other ingredients to make a sandwich. You can also toast the tattie scones to restore crispness, serving them with butter, cheese or other toppings of your choice.
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