Crumpets

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   Warm the milk and mix flour with salt. Cream yeast with sugar, add to warmed milk and water and mix with flour to the consistency of soft batter. Cover and leave to 'work' for 30-45 minutes. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) in one tablespoon of warm water and add beat it well into the mixture, leave to rise for another 30 minutes.

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   Grease a griddle, thick frying pan or electric hot plate and heat it until fairly hot. Grease pikelet rings (or 3.5 to 4 inch diameter plain cutters) and place them on the griddle then pour in enough batter to cover the bottom of the ring to a depth of one quarter of an inch. When the top is set and the upper bubbles burst turn and cook on the other side.

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   Makes 8-10 crumpets (properly called pikelets)

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   Taken from Mrs Beeton's Cookery and Household Management

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