from the Test Kitchen
The vanilla pods can be placed in a jar of sugar to make vanilla-flavoured sugar; or use as a stirrer for hot chocolate or cup of warm milk. You can use 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste instead of scraping seeds from a vanilla bean, if you prefer. Use your hands to fill the ¼ cup measures of crumpet batter as it can be quite difficult to handle with a spoon. If you have another large frying pan and extra egg rings, cook more than one batch at a time to reduce the total cooking time.
Vanilla bean crumpets
PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR (+ STANDING) MAKES 14
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