Crumpets – First Attempt

I just returned from Scotland where I remembered my love of crumpets. Crumpets are much better than “English” muffins here in the states, but difficult to find in the shops. Trader Joe’s sells them, but most places do not.

I decided to use the Warburtons recipe which seemed a little weird compared to some of the others I’ve read. It also seems like there are a ton of different versions of crumpet recipes so I will need to explore others.

The final results were not amazing though… I think I had the heat too high, and I used olive oil instead of butter so the household vegan could try them as well.

Oh, I used these 3.5″ Wrenbury Crumpet Rings, which seemed to work quite well. Someone suggested not using rings at all, though I don’t know how that would work. If greased properly the rings slide right off the crumpet, which is what you want. I may need to find other uses for the rings in the kitchen.

So how do they taste? Well, I had one immediately and just had it plain (while I was making the second batch) and the consistency seemed right, though without a topping (butter or jam) the flavor was lacking. I made one a bit later by putting it in the toaster and then covering it with some Irish butter and hot damn it was good! I really need to perfect the holes in the future though to improve things.

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