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Crumpet
Small unsweetened griddle bread / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the bread. For the French animated television series, see The Crumpets. For the slang term, see Thinking man's/woman's crumpet.
A crumpet (/ˈkrʌmpɪt/ ⓘ) is a small griddle bread made from an unsweetened batter of water or milk, flour, and yeast, popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,[1] New Zealand, and South Africa.
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Type | Bread |
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Place of origin | Great Britain |
Region or state | United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of nations |
Main ingredients | Flour, yeast |
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Historically, crumpets are also regionally known as pikelets, however this is limited as pikelets are more widely known as a thinner, more pancake-like griddle bread;[2] a type of the latter is referred to as a crumpet in Scotland.