crumpet

/ˈkrʌmpət/

Other forms: crumpets

A crumpet is a spongy bread that's cooked on a griddle and served warm with butter. Crumpets are a delicious alternative to toast or English muffins.

Crumpets were probably invented in Wales as a way to make bread without access to an oven. Like English muffins, they're cooked on a hot pan or griddle, but crumpets are made from a batter, rather than a dough. Etymologists suspect that crumpet may derive from crompid cake, "wafer," or literally "curled-up cake," and its root, which is shared with crumple.

Definitions of crumpet

1. noun

   a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
   type of:

   cake

   baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat