{"id":918,"date":"2012-03-01T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2012-02-28T20:05:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T04:05:19","slug":"homemade-crumpets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Crumpets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homemade crumpets are one of life’s little splurges. Sure, they take a while, but they are worth it! If you don’t have a cook to get up and start making them at 5am for your breakfast, then you might like to have them for afternoon tea instead.<\/p>\n

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2 tsp caster sugar<\/p>\n

1 tsp (7g\/1 sachet) dried yeast<\/p>\n

2 cups warm milk (not too hot!)<\/p>\n

3 cups plain flour<\/p>\n

1 tsp salt<\/p>\n

1 cup water<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda<\/p>\n

Butter to grease<\/p>\n

In a medium size bowl, combine sugar and yeast. Pour in the warm milk and stir until yeast has dissolved. Cover with cling wrap and stand in a warm place until the mixture has become frothy.<\/p>\n

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Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the yeast mixture, stirring to combine. Cover again with plastic wrap or a tea towel and place in a warm place for 60 mins or until doubled in size.<\/p>\n

Deflate the batter by whisking it vigorously (by hand or with electric mixer) for a minute or so. Mix together the water and bicarb in a jug and gradually add this to the flour mixture. Cover and set aside to rest for another 30 mins.<\/p>\n

Brush a large non-stick fying pan and metal egg rings with butter. Place the egg rings in the pan over a low-medium heat and put about 1\/4 cup of batter in each one. Cook for 5-7 mins until bubbles appear on the surface. The bottom should be golden brown and the top should be set (i.e. not wobbly). Cook on the other side for a minute or two. Repeat until all batter has been used. Serve immediately with plenty of butter, jam and honey. (Can also be stored in the refrigerator for a few days and toasted before serving).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Homemade crumpets are one of life’s little splurges. Sure, they take a while, but they are worth it! If you don’t have a cook to get up and start making them at 5am for your breakfast, then you might like to have them for afternoon tea instead.     2 tsp caster sugar 1 tsp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}