Frankly, I don’t know anyone who makes crumpets or English muffins from scratch… and I do know a lot of folks who cook! Naturally, I thought with so many English folks raving about their own crumpets that there must be something special going on….. and my investigation said there was!
Wikipedia says the following:
“Crumpets may have been an Anglo-Saxon invention.In early times, they were hard pancakes cooked on a griddle, rather than the soft and spongy crumpets of the Victorian era which were made with yeast. The crumpet-makers of the Midlands and London developed the characteristic holes, by adding extra baking powder to the yeast dough. The term itself may refer to a crumpled or curled-up cake, or have Celtic origins relating to the Breton krampoez meaning a “thin, flat cake” and the Welsh crempog or crempot , a type of pancake. However, since many English words share a heritage with other languages, it may be cognate with the similar German word krumm (from Middle High German krump, krum) which means “bent”.“
In any event, it is a wonderful snack , toasted in the toaster and then smothered with butter and jam! For me it is perfect with a cup of coffee! CLICK here for our recipe
Roger