With only 4 ingredients, Popovers have an airy, puffy and custard like interior that will compliment any breakfast lunch, or dinner. Popovers can be sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for a touch of sweet or flavored with black pepper and Gruyere for a savory addition to a your table. Being so versatile, they will replace a standard muffin, biscuit, bread or donuts. A popover pan is necessary in order to create a sky-high puff and a crisp shell that will come out perfect every time.
Popovers: Sweet or Savory
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
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- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- 1. Mix the eggs, egg yolks, salt and ¼ of the milk
- 2. Whisk the flour into the egg mixture, making sure to whisk out all the lumps
- 3. Whisk in the remaining milk
- 4. Pour batter into popover pan, filling half way
- 5. Sprinkle with topping of your choice
- 6. Place pans in cold oven and turn oven on to 425 degrees F
- 7. Bake popovers for approx 30 minutes or until puffed and well browned
- 8. Remove popovers and serve immediately
Flavor Options
Cinnamon Sugar
- -Mix 2 Tbsp cinnamon 4 Tbsp sugar and sprinkle on top of popovers before baked
- -Once the popover is baked and removed from the oven brush with butter and sprinkle with additional cinnamon sugar
Black Pepper & Gruyere
- - Shred ¼ cup Gruyere cheese and mix with ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper.
- - Sprinkle the top of the popover before baking
Lemon Rosemary
- -Zest 1 lemon and chop 1 Tbsp of fresh rosemary
- -Sprinkle the top of the popover before baking
- Makes 12 Popovers
This recipe is also featured in Advocate Magazine this month!
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