There’s something about hot buttered crumpets that takes me back to
Sunday tea when I was a child, although these days I do prefer them at breakfast time.
There is nothing wrong with shop bought crumpets.
Until of course you try these, then there is no going back.
Homemade English Crumpets
Makes 20 (7 cm) Time 2 hours 10 minutes (including
raising the dough)
You will need
350 Ml – Milk
225 Gm – Strong White Flour
125 Gm – Plain Flour
7 Gm – Quick Acting Yeast
½ teaspoon – Salt
1 teaspoon – Caster Sugar
1 level teaspoon – Bicarbonate of Soda
150 Ml – Warm Water
A little butter
Warm the milk on a low heat until tepid.
Sift the flours into a bowl then add the yeast, salt and sugar and mix
well.
Add the milk and beat into an elastic dough.
Put in a warm place for about an hour or until it has doubled in size.
Mix the bicarbonate of soda with the warm water and beat it into the
risen dough until you have a well mixed batter.
Put the batter back into a warm place for about 30 minutes.
Butter the inside of some cooking rings and warm them in a buttered
frying pan.
Now pour about 2 ½ cm of batter into each ring and cook gently on a
medium heat for about 10 minutes.
Then run a knife around the outside, turn the ring over and push the
crumpet out into the pan to cook for 2 – 3 minutes on the other side.
Easy as that!!
You can butter and eat them straight away or allow them to cool then
toast them as normal crumpets.
