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Crumpets

Freshly made crumpets are a revelation! You will need crumpet or egg rings – metal circles about 2cm deep and 7.5–10cm in diameter – to keep them circular. These crumpets are tender, delicious and fun to make.

2 hours
Prep Time
(8)
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Crumpets

Ingredients

Method

  1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the milk and hot water, add the sugar and stir to dissolve.
  2. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm liquid and set aside for 10 minutes, until the mixture is frothy.
  3. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and mix to a smooth batter, then beat hard for about 5 minutes with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer.
  4. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place until the batter has doubled in volume – about 1 hour.
  5. Dissolve the baking soda in the warm water and beat into the risen batter until smooth. Cover and leave for 10 minutes.
  6. While the batter is resting, gently heat a heavy-based frying pan or griddle and oil it lightly. Oil the insides of the crumpet rings using a paper towel, and set them on the griddle.
  7. The batter should now be pourable, like thick cream. If it is too thick you won’t get the essential honeycomb of holes, and if too thin it will run out from under the rings. Cook a small spoonful of batter to test it then thin with a little warm water or add more flour if you need to.
  8. Pour 3–4 tablespoons of batter into each ring until half full, and cook gently until the crumpets rise up, the tops are covered with small holes and they are almost dry to the touch. This will take 6–8 minutes. Using a spatula, turn them over carefully, still in the rings, and cook for another 2 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool and remove the rings after about 5 minutes. Wipe the rings clean, lightly oil them again and make another batch.
  9. Toast the crumpets, spread them generously with butter and serve hot with jam or honey or golden syrup. They will keep for a week in the fridge untoasted.

Products used in this recipe

Edmonds Standard Flour 1.5kg FOP

Standard Grade Flour
New Edmonds Active Yeast 150g

Active Yeast
New Edmonds Baking Soda 210g

Baking Soda

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Heather

Easy to make though takes a while. I halved the recipe and it made 12. I would use as little oil in the pan as possible or they can get a bit oily like donuts. Quite yeasty tasting compared to commercial crumpets. Would make again.

Cindy Cheng

Nicce

Amelia Corlett

I love crumpets but unfortunately I didn’t realise that you have to have a special tool called a crumpet ring to make and don’t know what to do

Kelly Baglow

I’ve tried several crumpet recipes and have been disappointed with each of them, they’ve turned out too heavy and produced minimal holes. I just tried your recipe, and oh my goodness, they are light and fluffy with enough holes to trap all that lovely butter!! Absolutely divine!! This is now my go to recipe!! Thank you Edmonds

Tamara

Good recipe only I needed the line ‘in a separate bowl’ mix the water and milk as I put it all in the same bowl! Baking with the kids can make following even the simplest instructions difficult. :D

EDMONDS: Thanks for your kind suggestion Tamara. We've added in this line in to make it clearer for other bakers. All the best baking with the kids!