Perfect Popovers

The perfect popover is crisp on the outside, tender and airy on the inside and at its very best when served right from the oven. This is a super easy and yet very impressive recipe, that even a first time baker can master and feel like they've made magic. Recipe is from Sarabeth's Good Morning Cookbook.

Recipe by Sarabeth Levine on February 19, 2019

Rating

5 stars (5 reviews)

Ingredients

5 eggs
2 cups (480ml) whole milk
1 1/2 cups (213g) unbleached all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
2 tbsp (28g) unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract (make homemade vanilla)
Softened butter for pan
1/2 stick (57g) unsalted butter (softened)
2 tbsp honey
Pinch salt

Cuisine

Breakfast

Steps

Heat oven to 400° F.
Mix all the ingredients in a blender.
Brush butter in each popover cup.
Place pan in oven until butter melts.
Add popover batter to pan, filling the cups about 3/4 of the way to the top.
Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown and puffed.
Reduce heat to 350°F, continue baking 20 minutes until caramel brown and puffed. Bake longer if you are using a large popover pan.
Honey Butter
- Mix all together and serve at room temperature.

Reviews

Adelaide Miller on 2024-04-02 (5 stars):
These are very tasty, and perfect for an indulgent and impressive brunch! The flavor was spot on, but there were a few small issues I had with the recipe. I weighed all my ingredients, as I always do, yet when I went to fill my standard 6-cup popover pan 3/4 of the way full, there was SO much batter left over! I ended up filling them to the very top and placing the popover pan on top of a sheet pan to catch any spillage. I just baked the leftovers after the first batch came out. I then had to bake the very full popovers quite a bit longer. When I make these again, I'll just aim to fill them 3/4 of the way full, as instructed, and bake another pan after the first is done. Overall a great recipe with just a few small errors!
Ann Boyd on 2021-10-26 (5 stars):
I'm going to try these tonight! Editorial note: In your "honey butter" section, I think you mean to write "pinch salt" rather than "pinch honey." Right?
Natalie Yosipovitch on 2019-05-07 (5 stars):
I made a few edits to this recipe based on ingredients I had at home. For example, I didn’t have whole milk, so I used 2% milk instead. I also didn’t have all purpose flour, so I used white whole wheat flour from Trader Joes.Finally, I ran out of butter for greasing, so I used plant based butter I had at home for this instead of regular butter. Despite these revisions, the recipe still turned out delicious! Crunchy on the outside and airy and light on the inside, just how I like it! Featured your recipe on my blog today, thanks for sharing!