Morning roll facts for kids

A line of bread rolls.

The morning roll or breakfast bap is an airy, chewy bread roll popular in Scotland. A variant is the well-fired roll, given a stronger flavour in its bulk-fermentation and baked at a higher temperature.

Traditional fillings

• Butter
• Lorne sausage
• bacon
• Link sausage
• fried egg
• black pudding
• potato scone
• standard sandwich fillings
• Scotch pie

Purchase locations

Scottish morning rolls are not traditionally purchased from supermarkets; rather they are purchased from bakeries, newsagents, corner shops, butchers shops, and fish and chip shops. Recently however, supermarkets such as the Scotmid have made deals with local bakeries to provide the rolls in-store.

Standard ingredients

• wheat flour
• water
• salt
• yeast
• malted barley flour
• vegetable oil
• sugar
• dextrose
• flour treatment agent (E300)