House of Douglas Scottish Bakery

The House of Douglas Scottish Bakery is located directly across from Cosby High School on Highway 321, TN, just behind the BBQ Garden and Cafe Restaurant, ( 15 minutes from Gatlinburg).

The interior is, to put it plainly, plain; but then you notice the delicious, mouth-watering smell of freshly-baked, authentic Scottish Scones and Shortbreads, Irish Soda Bread, and a variety of cookies and other Scottish Pastries. Immediately, you forgive the rather modest atmosphere and start to crave what is certainly the best and, as far as we know, the only place to sample authentic Scottish Baked Goods anywhere in the Smokies.

"We bake everything from scratch," says David Waddell, who owns the bakery with his wife, Linda. "people tell us that they come here because they miss the taste of freshly-prepared 'real' foods."

David is from Scotland and spent fifteen years as a bush pilot in Kenya. He found his way to San Diego in the eighties, where he met and married, Linda, an American of Irish descent. Her favorite spot in Southern California was Dudley's Bakery, from which came the dream of starting her own bakery. David, himself, loved to bake, and so the couple to move to Oklahoma and opened an Italian restaurant. Their Scottish Struan bread became so popular there, that customers bought more bread than spaghetti. The decision was then made to ditch the pasta and concentrate on the baking.

They began specializing in Scottish Baked Goods to sell at the many gatherings for Scottish Highland Games and Celtic festivals around the country (caber tossing anyone?). They moved to Gatlinburg, TN, for its central location and relatively easy drive to states such as Texas, Florida, Michigan, New York, Virginia, and Indiana, where the games and festivals are held.

Most of their freshly-made baked goods are Scottish, but they also prepare German and Swedish dishes. The House of Douglas Scottish Bakery is world-known for the Scottish Struan and other European Breads, such as Shortbreads, Stollen, Irish Soda Bread, Scones, and their fabulous, homemade "Big" cookies.

The House of Douglas Scottish Bakery is one of only a handful of places in the whole world that make Struan bread -- a mixture of wheat, corn, oats, brown rice, and bran, moistened with buttermilk and sweetened with brown sugar and honey. Scots traditionally made it out of whatever grains they had harvested for the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel.

If you are visiting Gatlinburg, TN, or the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or one of the many the Highland Games and Festivals where they will have a booth, please stop in, say hello, and try their "fresh homemade" foods.

You may now order any of our goodies from this web site by either e-mailing us or calling us. Please check out the Baked Goods
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