How do they make crumpets??

[Anila]

Just a totally random question, only cause im eating them right now, but how do they make crumpets, how do they get them so holey and light and fluffy?

Im assuming its not a bread dough, and ive thrown the packet outs so cant read the ingriedients.

has anybody worked in a factory that made them?
can u shed some light on my tastey question???

[kimmi]

Subbing... I want to know too now!

[Ahurani]

I was going to say

Geez woman Safeway have them 2 for $2. Don't waste your time hahha

But yes alas I don't know lol

[Anila]

LOL Ahurani, yes woolies have them here too for that price, i had some for breaky and now my late lunch consited of them too lol

I wanna know how they are made!!

[toomanyshoes]

We visited a commercial bakery in primary school and I remember seeing them made but can't remember how!

Surely there is a youtube video, its got everything else lol

[Catherine]

LOL! I was thinking this just the other day, as I ate a crumpet!

[Shades]

It's a thick batter cooked in a ring in a frying pan... When the top is visibly full of bubbles it's flipped briefly. Or is that too simplistic for what you were after?

[Anila]

Lol Shades, that sounds like pancakes to me lol mmmmmmm

[{sarah}]

Strangely enough, on Sunday afternoon I saw the show Sydneysider & they were cooking crumpets on a BBQ in the bush. I can't find a website for them to post the recipe though. They look yum, much thicker than the shop ones, but pretty much the same otherwise.

[toomanyshoes]

I plenty of homemade crumpet videos on youtube but I can't find a commercial/factory one

[Shades]

I think the batter is much thicker for crumpets.

[Just Me]

We make our own crumpets

The batter is like a runny bread mix and it is left to rise for an hour but it is basically made with flour, water, salt, sugar, oil and yeast. Once it has risen, we mix in bi-carb and water mixed together and then it is cooked in butter in a frying pan. I use egg rings to get the shape right.

As it cooks the holes appear on the surface and that's when you know they are done. Since I don't toast mine before eating them I just flip them for a couple of seconds to toast the top, but the idea is that the crumpets cook without being turned.

[Anila]

cool thanks, so basically what shades said in how to cook it, and u cook it like pancakes lol

[MrsBexie]

I have always wondered this!!! Just me, it's cool you make your own! Do they taste like the store bought ones?

[nickle730]

Aaaahhhh.... illusion spoiled!

I always imagined a factory filled with strong, handsome young men, all armed with skewers and delicately poking the holes in the top of my crumpets. Eating them will just never be the same again.

[Just Me]

I have always wondered this!!! Just me, it's cool you make your own! Do they taste like the store bought ones?

No, they aren't exactly like store bought ones. Probably similar to how homemade bread tastes different to bought bread.

I got my recipe from Hewy - I hate his show, but I was watching one day and they made them and they didn't look too hard. Here it is:

Homemade Crumpets

Ingredients:

1/2 cup whole milk
7g yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 - 2 pinches of salt
1/2 cup coldwater
1 1/2 teaspoons bi-carb soda
butter for cooking

Method:

1. Warm milk on the stove - don't make it too hot, it will kill the yeast.
2. When milk is luke warm, add yeast and sugar. Turn off heat and whisk the ingredients together.
3. Cover with cling wrap and put off to the side until the mixture becomes frothy (approx. 10 mins).
4. Sift flour and salt together.
5. Add frothy yeast mixture and beat with a wooden spoon until combined.
6. Once the dough is formed, cover with cling wrap and place in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size - approx. 1 hour.
7. When dough has risen, mix cold water and bi-carb together (cold water from the fridge). Add to dough and stir until well combined.
8. Grease some egg rings well and coat the base of the frying pan with butter over a low heat.
9. Once the frying pan is heated, place the egg rings in, well spaced. Spoon 2 - 3 tablespoons of mixture into the egg rings.
10. Cook over a very low heat until bubbles form on the surface. Turn crumpets and when cooked through remove from heat and serve bubble side up.


The bubbles on my crumpets are not overly distinct on the surface, but you can see the bubbles on the inside of them when you eat them. Also, the last time I made these, I did the whole first part in my bread maker on the dough setting (just chucked in all the ingredients except for the bi-carb and cold water) and continued from step 7. It was a lot quicker doing it in the bread maker and worked fine.

Enjoy

[ezymay]

Aaaahhhh.... illusion spoiled!

I always imagined a factory filled with strong, handsome young men, all armed with skewers and delicately poking the holes in the top of my crumpets. Eating them will just never be the same again.

Hee hee that's an interesting image lol.

[MrsBexie]

Do you reckon you could use Gluten free flour??