How Do I Make Crumpets

[andykinn]

Hello all, I am new to gluten free cooking and am missing all my favourite foods, I have found several recipes for crumpets but they all come out like hot sticky glue in the middle, can any one tell me why or how I can make good gluten free crumpets.

Many thanks

andy

[missy'smom]

Here's a tried and true recipe that everyone in my support group uses and is taught to newbies.

1 1/2 c. gluten-free flour mix(usually the featherlight mix of rice, potato and tapioca)

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. egg replacer

1 1/2 Tb. sugar

1 Tb. dry yeast

1 tsp. xanthan gum

1 c. lukewarm water

1 egg, room temp.

1/2 tsp. vinegar

3 Tb. margarine or butter, melted

Grease 6 English muffin rings and place them on a greased baking sheet. Mix together the dry ingredients. Mix the wet ingredients. In a mixing bowl, mix the dry and wet ingredients together, mixing well but not too much. Spoon or pour into prepared rings. Let rise in a warm place until the batter doubles. Don't let them rise all the way to the top of the rings or they might spill over. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned and pull away slightly from rings. Wait 'till they cool to slice open. Slice with a serrated knife-a bread knife works best.

If you need a recipe for the gluten-free flour just ask.

[andykinn]

Hiya, thanks for the quick reply, I will give it a go when I track down some xanthan gum, I have noticed a lot of gluten free recipes use vinigar where the usual recipe does not, What part does the vinigar play, I am triing to understand what ingredients do.

Also I have been triing recipes the require the crumpets be cooked it a pan, is this not appropriate for gluten free crumpets,

Many thanks

Andy

[missy'smom]

Many recipes call for a vinegar OR dough enhancer, which is a product that can be bought from companies like King Arthur Flour Co. that sell alot of bread baking supplies. They might be a good place to check for the rings if you can't find them elsewhere. Anyway, everyone has vinegar on hand and it is cheap and a good substitute so that's what most people use. I'm not sure exactly what it does. I usually use apple cider vinegar. I haven't seen the recipes that call for a pan so I'm not sure what kind of pan but these rings help the batter cook evenly I think. They get nice even heat from top, bottom and sides.

Folks here use these for sandwiches, I sometimes use them for openfaced tuna melts or ham and cheese uner the broiler as well as with jam for breakfast.