In The Kitchen – Crumpets!

From Epic Fail to Amazing Crumpets

Crumpets originated in Wales, which I am part Welsh! This chilly morning after my run with the dogs, I decided to make crumpets. My Pops used to like them and it was a treat when he would bring them home.

My Mini Ranch Clinics are filling up for 2021. I want for people to dip into ranching life, grand horsemanship, beautiful scenery and a chance to relax, revive and hopefully leave refreshed. I want for my guests and students to truly immerse themselves in a weekend built just for them! And of course, I also want them to eat well and eat some of the favorite things Pops raised me on!

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In the spirit of “being early”, here I am perfecting some recipes now. The first recipe I found, the blog overwhelmingly said they were the best, so I tried the complicated recipe all the while thinking “the Welsh had no time for this. But its the best, according to this recipe blog!” No. No, ma’am its not. I ended up with very heavy pancakes. At least Zeus (the ranch Doberman Pinscher) enjoyed them. Even my trusty Elena didn’t want one (and yes, those that know her, I buttered it ?). Epic fail.

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Alas, more homework needed. I fell upon Warburtons, UK’s biggest commercial crumpet maker. They released their recipe hoping to cheer people up during the lockdown. I went from one complicated, not crumpet tasting recipe to a slick, simple badass tasting crumpet! If you don’t know – they’re like a cross between an English muffin and pancakes. Their distinguishing feature is the surface that’s riddled with holes which allows butter to permeate through from top to bottom. The surface has a unique almost “spongey” texture, but it’s very fluffy inside, just like bread!

Now that you are up to snuff with my idea, while waiting for it to bubble, I learned I needed crumpet rings. Thanks to tin foil, I made myself ranch rings.

A crumpet with butter, strawberry freezer jam and fresh whipped cream (fresh….not from a can my friends) was a fabulous way to try my second experiment. I must say – I can’t wait to toast a crumpet tomorrow and have it with butter and honey for breakfast.

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And here we have the finished product, the amazing crumpet!Well… it’s warmer outside, I’ll drop the chef hat for ranch hand hat! xoxo Trina

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