Homemade crumpets
Squishy crumpets full of holes for melting butter into. Easy to make with just a pan and some cooking rings.
- Time1 hr 15
- LevelMedium
- Costabout £0.04 a head
Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.
Ingredients
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Method
- 1
Whisk the flour, yeast, sugar and salt with 250 ml of the water to a smooth thick batter. Cover and leave for 45 minutes until bubbly.
45 min - 2
Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the last 50 ml warm water. Stir it into the batter. The batter should drop off a spoon.
- 3
Grease 4 metal cooking rings, about 8 cm wide, and a non stick frying pan with oil.
- 4
Heat the pan over a medium low heat. Set the rings in the pan and fill each one with batter to about 1 cm deep.
- 5
Cook for 6 minutes without turning, until the top is set and covered in holes.
6 min - 6
Lift off the rings, flip each crumpet and cook for 1 minute more. Cool, then toast and serve with butter.
Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.