Traditional Scottish oatcakes recipe easy oatcakes recipe

We love these traditional Scottish oatcakes as they are so easy to make but yet so delicious with a slice of cheese and fresh jelly from the garden.

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These traditional Scottish oatcakes work really well with the cock a leekie soup which is anotehr traditional Scottish recipe:    • Cock a leekie Soup Traditional Scotti...  


I always thought that traditional Scottish oatcakes were difficult to make but they are acutally pretty easy. It just takes a little patience and careful preparation make sure they dont break. The warmth and smell that these traditional oatcakes bring to the kitchen is worth the little extra effort to make them fresh.


I have a lovely memory from my childhood of visiting this farmhouse museum close to us in North East Scotland where the little old lady, dressed in authentic old fashioned Scottish farming clothing, sat around the fire baking fresh oatcakes for the visitors. I still remember how good it smelt in that room and how delicious they tasted. I'm not sure what kind of fat she used but they were soooo good.



I cooked these on a flat cast iron pan. Traditional Scottish Oatcakes were cooked on a gridle over the open fire or on a traditional range. They were traditionally finished off in front of the fire to dry out. I personally put mine in the oven on a low heat to finish off the drying process and found this worked really well for them. If you want to cook these oatcakes using the traditional method then I would recommend investing in a flat cast iron pan and you can use this for a variety of other things like pancakes and omlettes or even for eggs and heating up bread etc. They are worth the small investment and clean up really really well!



If you've never made traditional scottish oatcakes then check out this recipe its worth the extra effort. We love making out own oatcakes now and I don't think we will be going back to shop bought after this. Also did you know that any leftover oatcakes make great treats for the dogs. They love traditional Scottish oatcakes too!



Enjoy and if you have any questions please leave them in the comments box below.


Take Care
Angie x