The Best Popover Recipe – Perfect for Special Occasions Brunch

This popover recipe makes PERFECT popovers that are so light and tasty… No one believes how very BASIC the recipe is! My kids LOVE popovers for breakfast Christmas morning! The ingredients are so simple, they’re super easy to make, and they please the toughest crowd!

Perfect Popover Recipe Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons butter

How To Make Perfect Popovers

An hour ahead (or the night before like me) mix together in a large bowl the flour and the salt, and make a well in the middle.

In another smaller bowl, beat eggs and milk together.

Gradually mix the wet mixture into the dry ingredients, till its the consistency of heavy cream…. DO NOT OVERBEAT, it’s okay if it’s a little lumpy!

*****This is important! Set batter aside and LET IT REST for at least 30 minutes and up to an hour.*****

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Place 1 teaspoon of butter into each cup of a 12 cup muffin tin or two 6 cup popover pans. Put pan (pans) into the oven JUST until the butter melts, (about 1 minute) them remove pans from the oven,

Divide batter evenly into muffin tin cups or popover pan, pouring right into the melted butter. (do not try to butter sides of muffin tin cups of popover pan!

Bake at 425 for 20 minutes or until popovers are all puffed up and golden brown on the outside, then lower temperature to 300 for 5 more minutes in the oven.

No matter which kind of pan you used, muffin tin or popover pans, you will still bake popovers at 425 for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 300 for the last 5 minutes in the oven.

Remove from oven, turn them out onto counter, cutting board or serving tray, and serve WARM!

We love to sprinkle powdered sugar over top of ours!

Bake then Serve… EAT WARM!

Popovers are the best when they are served WARM, in my opinion! Popovers are still good after they cool, but at their very best when they are nice and warm! Either way, these big heavenly fluffy popovers take breakfast or brunch up a huge level!

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What To Serve With Popovers

Popovers can be sweet or salty, and you may want serve them with different side dishes depending on your tastes. I like to serve popovers with:

• Strawberry Freezer Jam
• Powdered Sugar
• Orange Juice
• Fruit Salad or A bowl of sliced fruit.
• Sausage Links
• Bacon of Course!
• Honey Butter
• Blackberry Freezer Jam

What Is The Secret To Popovers?

There are 2 secrets to perfect popovers:

1. Let The Batter Rest! This step is very important if you want big fluffy popovers!

2. The next thing you can do is to heat your milk to about 120° before mixing it with eggs! The warm milk warm the batter and gets your popovers cooking faster! This results in a bigger, fluffier popover.

Why Didn’t My Popovers Puff Up?

Because your ingredients were too cold! Use warm ingredients and let batter REST for at least 30 minutes before putting it into pans and baking!