Ruth Laybourn scored a hat-trick on her home ground as England Women got their 2015 Women's Six Nations campaign back on track in Darlington.
The world champions were on the scoreboard inside 60 seconds, courtesy of Laybourn, and they never really looked back, notching eight tries to overpower Scotland 42-13.
Laybourn's virtuoso scoring display was the highlight of England's high-scoring performance, while Eilidh Sinclair grabbed Scotland's first try on English soil since 2008.
The result gives England their second win of this year's Championship, while their visitors will take real encouragement from another promising display.
The hosts flew out of the blocks and crossed the whitewash within the opening minute, putting the ball through the hands and allowing Darlington Mowden Park Shark representative Laybourn to exploit the overlap and score in the corner, Katy McLean pushing the conversion just wide.
Nuala Deans reduced the arrears almost immediately with an accurate penalty, but England were soon crossing for their second try of the evening.
The home side strung together several effective phases before Tamara Taylor, another Darlington star, picked a stunning line from McLean's pass to dart between two Scotland defenders and dive in for the try, although the fly-half was again wayward from the tee.
Scotland were still looking for their first win of this year's Championship, and despite their opponents' two early tries, their dogged determination prevented any more quick-fire concessions.
And when Lisa Martin slotted her side's second penalty, the winless visitors were just 10-6 down after the first quarter.
Simon Middleton's team were becoming their own worst enemies as they searched for another score, conceding several penalties as they knocked on the door deep inside the Scotland 22.
But they got the try their incessant pressure deserved on the half-hour mark when Justine Lucas applied the finishing touch to a devastating driving maul, registering her first score for England in the process. The conversion was a tricky one, and McLean was off target again.
England's dominance up front was becoming more and more apparent as the half wore on, and Rochelle Clark was the beneficiary from another irresistible lineout drive shortly before the break to grab the hosts' fourth unconverted try and make the scores 20-6 at the break.
While Lucas' effort was her first in international rugby, loosehead Clark continues to amass scores at a rate most backs wouldn't balk at - that finish was her 21st in 99 appearances.
Scotland may have felt they were still in touch as Jules Maxton delivered her half-time team talk, but a fifth England try nine minutes into the second half seemed to be a crucial one.
Replacement hooker Amy Cockayne twice produced the bulldozing run that sucked the Scottish defenders in, and Fiona Pocock, back in the side after a slew of injuries, ran in unopposed for the score. However, McLean's poor run from the tee continued.
Scotland threatened a comeback when they scored their first try in England in seven years, Sinclair doing superbly to gather a loose ball in the opposition 22 and sprint under the posts, Martin obliging with the extras.
But the whiff of a comeback was quickly quashed by Middleton's side. McLean may have struggled with the boot, but she continued to orchestrate her backline, and after a devastating break saw her pulled down just five metres short, Laybourn was on hand to finish in the right corner for her second of the evening.
And the Darlington crowd were then treated to a moment of unadulterated pace from Lydia Thompson, the electric wing scooting through a gap and racing away to finish a fine solo effort beneath the posts, allowing replacement Amber Reed to slot England's first conversion of the game.
Home favourite McLean was sent to the sin-bin as Scotland enjoyed a period of pressure as the game ebbed away, but that didn't prevent the hosts from ending with a flourish, wing Laybourn crossing for the third time to cap a memorable night for the home faithful.
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