English Crumpets
Makes 15 crumpets.
List of Ingredients
- 7 1/8 oz Strong white flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 3/8 cup Milk
- 2 1/8 tsp Dried yeast
- 1 pinch Bicarb of Soda
- Fat for frying
Instructions
- Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Gently warm the milk to just hand hot and sprinkle
on the dried yeast.
- Leave to stand for 10 or 15 minutes until frothy.
- Add the yeast mix to flour and beat to a smooth batter.
- Cover with a damp cloth and leave to stand in a warm place for 45 minutes, or the batter has doubled in size.
- Dissolve the bicarb in 15ml of warm water and beat it into the batter.
- Cover again and leave to stand for a further 20 minutes.
- Place a 3-inch metal pastry cutter into a hot greased fry pan.
- Pour in about table spoon of the batter to cover the base thinly.
- Cook until the top is set and the bubbles have burst.
- Remove it from the ring, turn the crumpet over and cook the other side for 2 or 3 minutes only.
- It should just colour slightly.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Final Comments
Eat them now, or leave to go cold and toast them until brown on both sides.
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