You are going to love making these delicious crumpets. This crumpets recipe is so simple but very yummy. You’ll only need six ingredients and they’re common ingredients that you’ll probably already have in your cupboard.

What do you like to put on your crumpets? We think that there’s nothing better than a warm, toasted crumpet, dripping in butter and honey, on a cold winter’s morning. It’s especially satisfying when the crumpet has lots of holes to absorb the honey and butter. Did you know that the holes in the crumpets are caused by the heat of the pan expanding the bubbles in the batter, and steam caused by the heat pushes the bubbles up to the top?

If you don’t like honey, crumpets also taste nice with jam and cream, just butter, golden syrup, or lemon butter. Whatever you choose to spread onto your crumpets, pop them in the toaster beforehand. It crisps them up and gives them a great texture.

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Delicious Crumpets Recipe

Delicious homemade crumpets recipe that's so simple to make with these 6 kitchen staple ingredients.

Course Breakfast

Keyword breakfast, breakfast recipes, crumpets, food, healthy recipes

Equipment

• Skillet/ Frying Pan
• Crumpet Rings
• Spatula
• Large Glass Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

• 2½ cups Milk warmed
• 1 tbsp Dry yeast
• ½ tsp Table salt
• 1 Egg
• ⅜ cup Butter melted
• 4 cups All-purpose white flour

Instructions

• Place the yeast, sugar and, 2 to 3 tablespoons of milk into a bowl. Mix the ingredients into a paste and then leave to stand.
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour and salt together. Then, pour the yeast mixture into the flour and salt. Add the remaining milk.
• Beat the egg, and melt the butter, and add these ingredients to the flour bowl.
• Beat well until a smooth batter is formed, about the consistency of cream.
• Cover the bowl and leave to stand for approximately 40 - 45 minutes until risen.
• Grease the crumpet rings (or use non-stick rings) and place them on a greased frying pan at a low temperature.
• Next, pour the batter into the rings and allow the bottom of the crumpets to cook until they are golden brown. Then turn, and lightly cook the tops.

Notes:

Crumpets should not be too well browned as they are usually toasted in a toaster before serving. With that in mind, be sure not to overcook them on the pan.

While you could try to make this crumpets recipe with egg rings, they’re a little shallow. We find that using actual crumpet rings works much better, creating the right thickness. You can search for styles of non-stick crumpet rings online.

For more breadmaking recipe ideas, take a look at our homemade English muffins recipe, or our homemade rye bread recipe.

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