Crumpets (Warburtons Style)

Ingredients
150g plain white flour
200ml water
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp instant dried yeast
Oil for frying

Method
1.  Make the batter - add flour, water and salt to a large mixing bowl and whisk vigorously for around five minutes.  Mix a splash of water into the dried yeast - add the sugar, baking powder and the yeast mixture to the bowl and mix for another 30 seconds until you have a clear batter.
2.  Cover the mixing bowl and put it into a warm place for 15 minutes to settle.
3.  Place a greased baking ring into the middle of a non-stick frying pan, and pre-heat on a medium-high heat setting.

4.  Stir the batter to remove any large air bubbles, then use a ladle to drop approximately 60g of batter into the ring inside the pan (batter should make 6 crumpets).
5.  Cook for approximately 4 minutes, then carefully lift the ring away from the crumpet. If the top still looks a bit under-baked, flip it over in the pan for a few seconds.
6.  Remove the baked crumpet from pan and allow it to cool before toasting.

Status

Have made crumpets before to a different recipe - difficulties getting them to cook through without burning on the bottom - will give this a try as soon as I've eaten up the actual Warburton's crumpets in the bread bin!

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Just made - verdict - took a bit of trial and error in the cooking (easy to burn the bottom, while the top is still uncooked) - using one of the smaller gas burners, and finishing under the grill seemed to work best - still very yummy!