Adventures in Stress Relief...

[countess_rosina]

In an attempt to do something relaxing after work last night, I threw together a quick batch of crumpet batter. I'd been meaning to find out if I could put the batter together and let it stand overnight so that I could have fresh crumpets in the morning - so I figured it was as good a time as any.

I also determined that I should use up the whole wheat flour we have in the house (instead of the usual bleached all purpose death flour we use for everything else).

Let's just say the results were...not crumpets. I've used the recipe before, so it's not like the recipe is wrong. I'm not sure how I managed it, but I ended up with english muffins. They tasted pretty much exactly like the whole wheat Thomas' English Muffins we buy at the grocery store.

Puzzling.

Comments

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear! I'm 99% certain it's the flour. Whole wheat flour behaves *very* differently than regular all-purpose flour. I think it's a lot heavier, for one thing. At least you know now how to make English muffins! :)

[countess-rosina.livejournal.com]

Probably - I don't cook with it often. I can't even guess as to why we had it in the house to begin with!

Luckily they still tasted good!

[laughingmagpie.livejournal.com]

I am in awe of someone who can occasionally make crumpets and English muffins, even if you can't reliably predict beforehand which it's going to be!