Best Scottish Potato Scones Recipes

Potato Scones (Old Scottish Recipe) image

Provided by Susan Feliciano

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 5

Steps:

1. Original recipe: Mash 1/2 lb. boiled potatoes, add pinch of salt. Knead in about 2 oz. flour and add 1/2 gill sweet milk. Roll out thinly on floured board, cut into scones. Bake on a hot griddle about 5 minutes, turning when half cooked. Prick with a fork.
2. Modernized directions: Cook and mash well 8 oz of white potato. Add in salt.
3. Knead in 1/2 cup flour. Stir in 1/4 cup light cream (or half & half).
4. Turn out on floured surface and knead in just enough flour lightly to make a dough you can roll.
5. At this point, I just pinched off balls of dough and pressed them in a greased scone pan. I baked at 400° about 12-15 minutes.
6. Or, you can roll the dough out into 2 small circles and cut into wedges or smaller circles, as for biscuits. Bake on a hot griddle about 3 minutes on each side.
7. These are good spread with soft cheese or deviled ham. Do not expect them to be like regular biscuits or scones. They are more like a potato pancake.

SCOTTISH POTATO SCONES image

Yield 15 pancakes

Number Of Ingredients 6

Steps:

Heat griddle ot heavy skillet to 500F (Hot). Peel potatoes, cut into thirds, and boil in salted water until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain water then mash potatoes with fork until there are no lumps. Add butter, salt, milk and pepper and beat potatoes until creamed. Let cool until hand hot and then mix in flour to form a soft dough. Dough will be soft and sticky. To form scones, take 3oz of dough and role the dough on a lightly floured board to form a flat round about 7in in diameter. Stamp out scone using a 6in round bowl or disk. Cook on griddle for 2-3 mins on either side until lightly browned. Freeze or serve. To prepare from frozen, pan fry or heat briefly on a griddle or in oven.