2026 crumpet
perfection

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This crumpet recipe supersedes my other recipe and I have removed the old recipe that originally came from Elizabeth David.

Four recipes from well regarded sites, none of them formed the bubbles at the top and only one came close to the right light spongy texture. It was not until I came across a site called Pants Down Apron On and read their suggestions as to why the bubbles didn’t form properly, “batter too thick” that I went back and adjusted the liquid and found the result I was looking for.

We have had a very cold start to winter in 2026, and whilst most recipes state rest for an hour, it was two hours before the surface was pretty much evenly covered with bubbles. Like all yeast cookery you have to be prepared to act out the waiting game. A recipe may say rest for an hour, in winter it will take two hours, perhaps longer, and in summer you’ll probably have to put it in the fridge to slow it down. Oh for the proving oven of a commercial kitchen.

AO 9 june 2026