Crumpets

We have a huge back-log of recipes to blog. We made these a couple months ago.

Ingredients

• 1c milk
• 1c warm water
• 2.25 tsp yeast
• 1tsp sugar
• 1.75c unbleached AP flour
• 1/2tsp salt
• 1/4tsp baking soda
• a little hot water

In a bowl, mix the water, milk, yeast, and sugar. Then add the flour and salt. Stir into a batter and let sit for about an hour and a half to rise. Then mix the baking soda in just a little hot water and add to the batter and stir. Cover and let rise again for another 30 minutes.

When that's done, spoon the mixture onto a hot griddle (350 degrees or so) in well-greased English muffin rings (well, cookie cutters, tins that you've cut both sides off of, etc). Cook until the top starts to look quite dry, about 7 minutes, then flip and cook the other side for just a minute or two before removing.

Thoughts: Although these weren't bad to eat, the texture was a lot more cake-y than I had hoped, and there were totally not enough bubbles. I'm not sure how I would fix that. The flavor was good but not too exciting. Maybe next time needs more leavening and a more liquidy batter? I really have no idea.

Disaster Index: 4/10