Teenagers Chris Conn-Clarke and Max Thompson both scored their first goals for the Under-23s as the Clarets bounced back in style to go back to second place in the league table.
A youthful Burnley side had lost three of their last four games in a transitional period which has seen many of the squad’s more senior players head out on loan.
Seven scholars therefore lined up at Leyland’s County Ground as the Clarets fielded their youngest line-up of the season.
But they rose impressively to the challenge to comfortably beat the bottom club in the Professional Development League’s northern group with classy finishes in either half to go back above Leeds United – who had drawn earlier in the day – and three points behind table-topping Nottingham Forest.