I fell in love with crumpets and Nutella on our trip to Australia. So I thought it would be fun to make them at home. I bought some cute little egg rings, found an easy recipe online, and left the dough to rise covered with some plastic wrap on the counter while I went out to do some gardening. When I came back in the house the dough was flowing like lava out of the bowl on to the counter.
I cleaned up the mess, heated up the grilled, sprayed the rings with Pam and filled the rings with dough. Unfortunately, the cute little, piece of crap, egg rings I bought that were suppose to be non-stick stuck, so I had to get a knife and cut them out of the rings.
The dough was too thick and didn’t bubble up, so I added some more milk and in the end abandoned the egg rings and just made crumpet crepes. My sad little crumpets didn’t have that nice texture that I remembered from Australia, but when I spread them with Nutella they were tasty. Well the Nutella was tasty any way. And yes, I did lick the knife.
Jennifer
WOW yum!!!! I love nutella and see those homemade crumpets!!
pigpigscorner
I haven't had this in awhile! yum yum!
Mrs. L
We have crumpets from Wolfermans sent to us all the time. Never thought to add Nutella to them. OH YUM, my new breakfast…
teresa
Oh yum! I had an Australian roomate for a while, so I got very familiar with nutella, so good. I also got very familiar with vegemite, which i did not like as much lol!
Jamie
Oh, I actually think they look scrumptious! And a smear of nutella must have taken away any disappointment and brought it all together! Wow, now I want to try making crumpets, too.
Anita
I love nutella too! Pity the crumpet recipe didn't turn out as you'd hoped.
HoneyB
yummy Nutella! 🙂
I wouldn't mind a couple for a mid morning snack!
Cathy
Your crumpets look delish even thought they didn't turn out exactly as planned. And with Nutella slathered on top – pretty darn good if you ask me.
Bellini Valli
When we do these free-form we then call them pikelets:D When you feel like some British crimpets try this recipe that I received from a fellow blogger from "The Bread Bible" it may be what you're looking for:D
http://morethanburnttoast.blogspot.com/2008/05/crumpets-from-my-childhoodor-pikelets.html
Martha
I've never made crumpets although enjoy eating them. I did take a cooking class in which they taught crumpet making and found it interesting. That was one part of the class that I didn't try at home!
the ungourmet
Oops, it's me again! I wasn't finished. :0)
I wanted to say that this sounds like the time I tried to use a pancake ring for my griddle. It was a mess too!
I still think they look pretty and turned out better than mine would have!
the ungourmet
These are so wonderful! I don't think mine would look as pretty!
Reeni♥
I'm sorry they stuck! But these look great, especially with Nutella on them!
Talita
I never tried crumpets! Looks like pancakes! With Nutella sounds delish!
finsmom
This breakfast looks pretty tasty to me 🙂
Amanda
Rats! I'm sorry they didn't work out the way you wanted. We all have those days! They LOOK delicious 🙂
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Oh what a shame 🙁 But they do look lovely. When you mentioned that crumpets were an Australian only thing I was surprised as you guys seen to have everything! 🙂
Katy ~
Barbara, I haven't made crumpets in a little while either because of the sticking issues. Seeing yours, I may try again as well. Maybe all we need is more practice LOL.
Delicious idea about the Nutella!
Mary
Wow you can't imagine wht it means to me to see these crumpets after so manyyyyyy years . I use to eat them back home !
livestocreate
I'm glad to see you have "real" days like the rest of us! All your photos and recipes seem so perfect… even your "mistakes" look good!