Crumpets
Serves 8
Directions
- 1Combine all dry ingredients using a kitchen aid with a paddle attachment.
- 2Warm the milk slightly and gradually mix it into the dry ingredients until a wet dough forms.
- 3Cover the bowl with cling film and let the dough prove.
- 4Warm the water and mix in the bicarbonate of soda.
- 5Return the dough to the kitchen aid and mix with the paddle for 2 minutes while slowly adding the bicarb mixture.
- 6Continue mixing for another 2 minutes.
- 7Cover the dough and let it prove again until bubbly.
- 8Spray oil on a flat, heavy-based pan and oil metal rings, then heat the pan to medium.
- 9Fill the rings a quarter full with the dough and cook on medium heat until bubbles form and the bottom is golden.
- 10Flip the crumpets and cook the other side, pushing them out of the rings if needed.
Ingredients
- 225 g strong flour
- 125 g plain flour
- 7 g dried yeast
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 350 ml whole milk
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 150 ml water
- oil (optional)
Equipment
kitchen aidpaddle attachmentcling filmflat, heavy-based panmetal rings