On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 13:37:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>The recent posts on crumpets got me thinking that I had not made them
>for a few months. They seemed like a good idea for a cold, wintry
>morning. Since my new JoC doesn't have a crumpet recipe I went online
>and printed on up. It was a little different from the old on. It
>called for activated yeast. I only had fast acting, so it was going to
>have to do. Maybe it was too old, but the yeast just never really worked
>much. The batter was much denser than my old recipe. It glooped out
>slowly and over filled the rings. The never developed the nooks and
>crannies that are the hallmark of crumpets. They tasted okay but the
>texture was a flop.

Perhaps you need to find some recipes on line and compare them to the
recipe you used:
https://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=...t=loki-keyword