Home Made Crumpets

Home Made Crumpets

Posted 2017-05-11 by finyfollow

These crumpets do not taste quite the same as shop bought ones however they have very little sugar and no chemicals or preservatives added!

Mine were a bit thin as I did not realise till I was half way through making them, that I only had egg rings that were not deep enough. It didn't make any difference to the taste - they were still yummy, just thinner than a shop bought crumpet, and I therefore had way too much mixture!

They would make a great snack for kids, and great for lunch boxes as well.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes plus proofing, cooling time
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Serves: About 20 crumpets but less if you use correct rings

Ingredients
800 ml milk
40 g butter
2 tsp sugar
1 sachet dried yeast
500 g plain flour
1 tsp bicarb soda

Method
  • Heat the milk and butter over a low heat until the butter is melted, and leave until it is lukewarm.

  • Mix the yeast and sugar in a small bowl, and add 200 ml of the milk mixture.

  • Stir to dissolve, and then put in a warm place until it sort of foams - this takes about 5 minutes.

  • Mix the flour and a pinch of salt in a large bowl, and make a well in the middle.

  • Add the yeast mixture, stirring slightly to mix some flour into it.

  • Add the rest of the milk mixture, stir until it is smooth and well mixed.

  • Cover with a tea towel and stand it in a warm place until it becomes foamy -about 1½ hours depending on the temperature (If it is really cold weather, I turn on the oven and then turn it off and let it cool a bit before putting it in.)
  • Batter will be thin unlike a bread mixture


  • Dissolve the bicarb of soda in 50 ml of warm water, and add to the batter - mix to combine.

  • Cover and stand until it is frothing (about 30 minutes).

  • Heat a frying pan and use either a little butter, or as I did, some baking paper. Butter probably works better however I was trying to save on washing up!

  • Put the buttered rings, which should be about 10 cm in diameter by about 2.5 cm deep (depth is the important one), in the pan and fill each about 2/3 full with the mixture.

  • Cook until the mixture bubbles and small holes appear on the surface and a skin forms on the top - this should take about 5 minutes.


  • Carefully remove the rings, turn the crumpets and cook for a short time on the other side, but only about a minute should do.

  • You MAY have to thin the mixture with a bit of milk as you go, and keep repeating till all the batter is used.

  • You can have them as a savoury snack, or sweet and I had two for lunch with one savoury and one thick butter and a bit of jam.
  • Savoury or sweet


  • They are also good to heat up slightly and eat for several days, and I had so many that I also froze some in packs of two.

  • Categories
    #crumpets
    #preservative_free
    #chemical_free
    #savoury
    #sweet
    #snack
    #afternoon_tea
    #lunch
    #family

    %recipeyum
    228558 - 2023-07-17 10:42:18

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    Holiday
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    Family_friendly
    Easy
    Dinner
    Healthy
    Lunch
    Family
    Vegetarian
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    Simple
    Snack
    Kids
    Vegan
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