How to Make Popovers

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By eHow Contributing Writer

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If you enjoy baking, you will be amazed at how easy it is to make popovers. These versatile little hollow rolls make a wonderful addition to most any meal. Serve them alone as a delicious buttery treat, or filled with meats, eggs, salads, fruits mixtures or custard. You can enjoy many of your favorite foods stuffed inside a popover. Read on to learn how to make popovers.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
3 large eggs at room temperature
1 tbsp. melted butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Oil or butter to grease the pan
Popover pan, muffin tin or custard cups
Blender or bowl and whisk

Step 1

Soak the unshelled eggs in a bowl of warm water for about 15 minutes to warm them to room temperature.
Step 2

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
Step 3

Place the flour, milk, eggs, melted butter and salt together in a blender. Blend until all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Step 4

Grease your popover pan, custard cups or muffin tins with oil or butter and place it into the preheated oven for two minutes to warm your pan.
Step 5

Fill each section of your pan half-full with the popover batter.
Step 6

Bake your popovers for 20 minutes at 450 degrees, and then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 7

Allow the popovers too cool slightly before splitting them.

Tips & Warnings

Herbs, spices, orange zest or Parmesan cheese are tasty additions to the basic recipe for more popover variations.
Fill warm popovers with poached or scrambled eggs for a delicious breakfast meal.
When you add fillings to your popovers, serve them immediately.
You can mix the ingredients with a whisk or an eggbeater, but use a blender to incorporate more air into the dough. This technique makes the popovers rise higher.
Popovers can be made the day before you want to serve them. Do not place them in a closed container, instead leave them out and heat five minutes at 350̊ degree F oven to make them crisp.
There are special popover baking pans, which allow the popovers to rise higher than they will in muffin tins or custard cups. A popover pan has cups that are more separated and deeper, allowing the hot air in the oven to circulate better over each popover.
Never open the oven to check on the popovers while they are cooking. Any cool draft can make the popovers collapse.
Never allow your eggs to warm up to room temperature by leaving them out on the counter as this can cause bacteria to grow.