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crumpets and doughnuts?
(10 Posts)Having been increasingly confident making bread, I've recently started branching out with some other yeasty recipes. So I've a couple of questions.
Have you ever made crumpets and doughnuts? When i try these fried dough recipes the batter always gets really greasy and dark brown whatever i do. Ant tips to avoid this?
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I make crumpets and pikelets, although am no expert. When you cook the crumpets, do you use fat? I cook mine in a dry pan (suggested by recipe, not trying to be healthy!). Wonder if that might make a difference?
Home made doughnuts are amazing!! I don't make them too often because I eat them all because they're a bit of a project, but when I do, they are very impressive. Easily frozen too.
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How do you stop them browning too much Theicingontop? If I fry them long enough to cook them, they turn appetisingly brown. If I turn the heat down, they absorb lots of oil .
I could cook crumpets with no fat as you do Artesia but the recipes insist on giving the pan and rings a good greasing. I shall try without next time to see if this improves them!
You have to get the oil just right, I make them in a large deep frying pan on the stove. If you have a thermometer it will help, the recipe has the perfect temperature in it. I don't have one, I use the doughnut holes as a tester and adjust it as I go.
I'd love to try crumpets!
Oh yes, I didn't see the temp. Great idea about using the holes . Will try.
I love doughnuts and crumpets too [greedy icon] and live somewhere where they sell neither so I'm rather obliged to make if I want them.
LeBFG, am holding you entirely responsible for the fact that I have just eaten four two crumpets slathered with butter and jam
(looks at thighs and weeps)
I think the bottom of the pikelets I make probably are a little greasy but I reckon a good non stick pan would mean no oil, and how about kitchen roll to soak up the oil?
I use this recipe
http://m.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/14/crumpets-muffins-pikelets-farls?cat=lifeandstyle&type=article
Thanks for the link. Personally I always find HFW suceeds remarkably well with his recipes and when I try to follow them, I fail remarkably well!
I think with the crumpets you're right. Mininum greasing. I've just bought a crepe pan with which my neighbour makes the thinnest crepes with no oil . Hoping this helps.
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