Crumpet Pancakes. This is the crumpet recipe released by Warburtons, UK's largest commercial producer of crumpets. These easy homemade crumpets are EXACTLY like store bought! My Traditional Homemade English Crumpet Recipe uses milk to give a soft texture that stays fresh for several days.
This homemade crumpet recipe was hand written inside Mum's recipe book - so I'm not sure who's it is! If you're looking for a treat to set on the tea table, you can't go wrong with crumpets. Make a simple dough with flour, sugar, milk, and yeast. You can have Crumpet Pancakes using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Crumpet Pancakes
- You need 1 cup of Bread Flour *lightly packed.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of Baking Powder.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of Bi-Carb Soda.
- It's 1 teaspoon of Dry Yeast.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
- It's 1 cup of Warm Water *OR replace 1/2 cup with Warm Milk.
- You need of Oil for cooking.
Once you've let the thick batter prove. You can make crumpets without English muffin rings (or cleaned tuna cans), but they'll be perfectly round and ever so much nicer looking if you use. Make your own fluffy homemade crumpets for your next brunch. These golden brown buttery treats are well worth the effort and are delicious with melted cheese.
Crumpet Pancakes instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine Bread Flour, Baking Powder, Bi-Carb Soda, Dry Yeast and Salt. Add Warm Water (OR Warm Water & Warm Milk), and whisk well..
- Cover with a plate or plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 45 to 60 minutes or until bubbly on surface..
- Heat a large frying pan, heavy-based preferred, over a medium heat. Oil the pan very lightly. If you use Crumpet Rings (OR Egg Rings), oil inside the rings and place them on the pan..
- When the pan and rings are hot, pour 1/4 cupful of batter, which is supposed to be very gooey, into each ring, OR form 10cm round pancakes. Cook until bubbles appear, then lower the heat and cook until almost cooked though and the surface looks dry. Carefully remove the rings using tongs..
- Turn over the pancakes and cook for 20 seconds. Transfer to a plate..
- Raise the heat to medium. When the pan and rings are hot, repeat with remaining batter..
- Compare the ring-shaped Crumpets and free-formed Crumpets below..
If you've never made homemade crumpets, then you've got to give this crumpet recipe a go! They're even better with homemade butter. The crumpet has evolved over time. Centuries ago they were made without yeast and were flatter and harder, more like pancakes (what is also a Welsh variation, bara. These Crumpets only take a few simple ingredients for a delicious snack.