Home Made Crumpets
Thursday, July 23, 2020
A recipe and instructions for making traditional home-made crumpets. So tasty and perfect with either sweet or savoury toppings.
I love crumpets and you really can’t beat a home made one. There’s nothing quite like it.
These are the perfect base for any topping. They are equally good with sweet or savoury toppings. I like mine simply topped with butter but they are also excelled with cheese and pickle or even as a pizza base. The possibilities are endless!
Ingredients
- 225g Strong plain flour
- 275ml milk
- 50ml water
- 1 tsp table salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
- Melted butter for greasing
- Oil for the pan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150C
- Heat the milk and water in a until warm. It should be just warm enough to put your finger in there for a few seconds
- Place the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and make a well in the middle. Pour the warm milk & water into mixture and stir to make a really smooth batter
- Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and leave in a warm place for 40 minutes. The batter should have risen and have lots of bubblesBrush the insides of the rings with a little melted butter (if you don’t have rings, try empty shop bought cans with both ends removed)
- Heat a heavy-based frying and brush with the melted butter mixed with a little oil (this will stop the butter from burning)
- Place the rings in the pan making sure they are flat
- When the butter is hot, spoon about 3 tbsp of the batter into each ring
- Cook on a low heat for 10-15 mins until you see bubbles on the top but the mix bounces back to the touch
- Remove the rings using a cloth or tea towel, then flip the crumpets and cook for 2 minutes more
- Set the cooked crumpets on a baking tray
- Repeat with the rest of the mixture
- When all the crumpets are cooked, place them in the oven for 5 minutes to dry out
- Serve immediately or cool and toast when required
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