Warburtons has released its secret family crumpet recipe so you can make them at home
Keen bakers can now recreate Warburtons' popular crumpets at home.
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Hide AdWarburtons makes over 700 million crumpets every year and have been making them the same way for over 30 years. Now the company has decided to share its family recipe.
Posting on its website, Warburtons said, “With Google searches for “how to make a crumpet” the highest they have ever been, our expert bakers have decided to give everyone a helping hand. "
Ingredients (makes 6 crumpets)
- 150g plain white flour
- 200ml water
- Half tsp salt
- Half tsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp dried yeast
Method
Stage 1 – How to make the crumpet batter
Add flour, water and salt to a mixing bowl
Mix vigorously with a whisk until your arm aches (at least five minutes) to create your crumpet batter
Mix a few millilitres of water into to your dried yeast
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Hide AdAdd sugar, baking powder and yeast mixture to bowl and mix for another 30 seconds until you have a clear batter (and your arm aches even more)
Cover mixing bowl and put into a warm place for 15 minutes (make sure your mixing bowl is bigger than you need, as the batter will expand)
Stage 2 – How to bake your crumpets
Place a greased metal biscuit cutter (any shape cutter you have to hand will do the trick) into the middle of a non-stick frying pan
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Hide AdPre-heat your frying pan on a hob on a medium-high heat setting
Before you start, give your batter a stir to remove any large air bubbles
Use a ladle to drop approximately 60g of batter into the cutter inside the pan
Wait for approximately four minutes
Carefully lift the ring off the crumpet
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Hide AdRemove baked crumpet from pan (if the top looks a bit gooey, flip over in the pan for a few seconds)
Cool
Repeat the above to make as many as you can eat
Toast and enjoy with butter, or anything else you fancy
Keen crumpet bakers are being asked to share their creations on social media with the hashtag #AtHomeWithWarburtons