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Breakfast

Homemade Capilano Crumpets

  • Intermediate

  • 20-25 mins

There is something so special about making nostalgic family meals from scratch. These homemade honey crumpets harness the buttery flavour of our Capilano Bush Honey for a staple recipe you’ll be making for breakfast in years to come.

Top them with seasonal fruit (and a generous lashing of honey), you can’t beat that for a classic Aussie combo!

  • Skill Level

    Intermediate

  • Prep Time

    5 mins

  • Cooking Time

    15-20 mins

  • Servings

    6 (using 9cm metal rings)

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp (3.1g) instant dried yeast (+ 1 tbsp warm water)
  • 200ml (¾ cup + 1 tbsp) warm water
  • 1 tbsp (30g) Capilano Bush Honey
  • 150g (1 cup) plain white flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp white sugar
  • Oil or butter, to grease
  1. Dissolve yeast in 1 tablespoon warm water and set aside.
  2. Combine honey with 200ml warm water.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Add honey and water mixture, then whisk for 2 minutes until smooth.
  4. Add yeast, baking powder and sugar, then whisk for 30 seconds. Cover bowl with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place for 15 minutes until bubbles form on the surface and batter has risen.
  5. Spray a large non-stick frypan with oil or smear with butter. Spray or smear 6 metal rings and arrange in pan, then heat pan on medium-high.
  6. Pour ¼ cup of batter into each ring and cook for 1½ minutes until bubbles form and begin to pop. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Remove rings and pop bubbles as they form.
  7. When tops have set, flip each crumpet to sear tops. Remove from pan.
  8. Serve hot with butter and Capilano Bush Honey.

Used in this recipe

  1. Dissolve yeast in 1 tablespoon warm water and set aside.
  2. Combine honey with 200ml warm water.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Add honey and water mixture, then whisk for 2 minutes until smooth.
  4. Add yeast, baking powder and sugar, then whisk for 30 seconds. Cover bowl with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place for 15 minutes until bubbles form on the surface and batter has risen.
  5. Spray a large non-stick frypan with oil or smear with butter. Spray or smear 6 metal rings and arrange in pan, then heat pan on medium-high.
  6. Pour ¼ cup of batter into each ring and cook for 1½ minutes until bubbles form and begin to pop. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Remove rings and pop bubbles as they form.
  7. When tops have set, flip each crumpet to sear tops. Remove from pan.
  8. Serve hot with butter and Capilano Bush Honey.
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