During the pandemic, UK baked goods giant released their official recipe, so that you and I didn't have to miss out on the national treasure - the crumpet!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
Resting Time15 minutesmins
Course: Bread
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Crumpets
Servings: 6crumpets
Calories: 100kcal
Cost: $2
Equipment
1 Mixing bowl
1 whisk
1 biscuit cutter
1 frying pan
Ingredients
150gplain white flour
200mlwater
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspsugar
1tspbaking powder
1tspdried year
Instructions
How to make the Crumpet Batter
Add Flour, Water and Salt to a mixing bowl
Mix vigorously with a whisk until your arm aches (at least 5 minutes) to create your crumpet batter
Mix a few ml’s of water into to your dried yeast
Add sugar, baking powder and yeast mixture to bowl and mix for another 30 seconds until you have a clear batter (and your arm aches even more!)
Cover mixing bowl and put into a warm place for 15 mins (Top tip – make sure your mixing bowl is bigger than you need as it will expand)
How to bake your crumpets
Place a greased metal biscuit cutter (any shape cutter you have to hand will also do the trick) into the middle of a non-stick frying pan
Pre-heat your frying pan on a hob on a medium-high heat setting
Before you start, give your batter a stir to remove any large air bubbles
Use a ladle to drop approx. 60g batter into the cutter inside the pan
Wait for approx. 4 mins – carefully lift the ring off the crumpet
Remove baked Crumpet from pan (if the top looks a bit gooey flip over in the pan for a few seconds)
Cool
Repeat the above to make as many as you can eat!
Toast and enjoy with butter, or anything else you fancy to top off your dough-licious bake…
Notes
These will be 1000% better than the "crumpets" you can find in the US stores, including those at TJ's - which I found to be pretty lousy.