Crumpets - too salty

So i remembered to put the salt in this time. But now they're too salty! Hmm.
I had a fair bit of trial and error with these:

a) trying to cook them in the oven.
Resulted in the batter leaking out from the rings entirely. Don't try it.
b) cooking in a stainless steel pan.
Talk all you want about 'greasing' the pan. Its going to stick majorly.
c) cooking on silicon paper, in a pan.
the silicon paper will burn.
d) don't fill more than 1/2 inch - there's no way its going to cook all the way through.
e) don't try to bake uncooked crumpets in the oven.
It will just make them lifeless.

Overall - the batter is fine, altho' it needs less salt, nice and bubbly.
The equipment needs some refining. Anyone got a spare cast iron griddle or non-stick pan??