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    You are here: Home / Breakfast / Homemade Popovers

    Homemade Popovers

    June 16, 2018 By Sam 19 Comments

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    Popover in popover pan

    Have you ever made homemade popovers before? These light, airy popovers require just 5 ingredients to make and can be made in either a popover pan or just a regular muffin tin. Unlike many other recipes, this one can also be baked in under 40 minutes!

    Homemade Popovers in a pan

    I originally shared this recipe over on The Stay at Home Chef!

    There are few recipes on this blog of mine that I can take as little credit for as this Popover recipe. This is really my mom’s recipe, adapted from half a dozen others, cobbled together from pages of family-favorite cookbooks and from simple recipes printed on the backs of her popover tin labels.

    Over the years she has perfected this recipe to be the best and easiest (and possibly the quickest) path to sky-high popovers, and when I decided I wanted to share her popover recipe on the blog, I had her come over to my kitchen and make them here. I took the photos, but that’s about all the credit I deserve for this recipe. A little unusual for me, but I couldn’t risk messing with perfection.

    These popovers are simple, sky high, and delicious, and while having a fancy popover pan is nice it’s totally not required to make your own popovers at home.

    Popovers cooling on a cooling rack

    If you don’t have a popover pan on hand, you can just use a regular muffin tin. Keep in mind that you will get more popovers this way (about 18 as opposed to 12) simply because the muffin tin is more shallow and can hold less batter.

    You’ll notice that this recipe, like my banana muffin and chocolate chip muffin recipe uses two temperatures when baking. We’ll start with a higher temperature and then drop the temperature without opening the oven door. This is what helps give our popovers a nice rise and really makes them, well, pop over. It also gives us a relatively short baking time of only 35 minutes compared with the hour-plus that many recipes usually require.

    I have found that sometimes, as the popovers are rising, some of the butter tends to leak over the edge of the muffin tin. To keep your oven from getting dirty and smoky, I recommend lining a large cookie sheet with foil and placing that underneath your tin as the popovers bake, this will catch any spills and make cleanup much easier.

    Popover cooling after baking

    How to Reheat Popovers

    The best way to reheat popovers is to preheat your oven to about 375F (190C) and return them to the oven for 5-10 minutes.  This will also help to make your popovers more firm if they’ve softened too much while sitting.

    You do not need to put your popovers back in a popover pan, just tossing them in on a cookie sheet will work fine!  At my house we like to make popovers in large batches and then reheat the leftovers over the next day or two.

    Large popover bursting out of pan

    Popovers are a simple and airy breakfast good, and while they are delicious simple treats on their own, I usually like to slice mine open while still hot and drop a dollop of butter in the center to melt, or I also like to smear apple butter for a nice flavor addition.

    Feel free to dress yours up however you like, and enjoy!

    Looking for more classic breakfast food recipes? Check out my buttermilk pancakes!

    How to Make Homemade Popovers

    Popover in popover pan

    Homemade Popover Recipe

    My family's favorite Popover recipe! Recipe adapted from Good Housekeeping
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes
    Servings: 12 popovers*
    Calories: 182kcal
    Author: Sam Merritt

    Ingredients

    • 6 large eggs
    • 2 cups whole milk (475ml)
    • 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted (85g)
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour (250g)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 450F (230C) and lightly grease a 12-count popover pan or two 12 count muffin tin with cooking spray. Set aside.
    • Place eggs in a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat on low speed until eggs are frothy and pale yellow (you can do this by hand if you don't have an electric mixer but it will take longer).
    • With mixer on low, add milk and melted butter and beat until well-combined.
    • Sprinkle salt over batter and stir.
    • Add flour, stirring on low-speed until batter is completely combined. Batter will be very thin and almost watery.
    • Evenly divide batter into prepared tin (it's very thin, so I like to use an ice cream scoop to pour the batter, helps keep things less messy), filling each about ⅔-¾ of the way full and transfer to 450F (230C) oven**.
    • Bake on 450F (230C) for 20 minutes, then, without opening the oven door, reduce the heat to 325F (160C) and bake an additional 15 minutes.
    • Remove from oven and serve immediately -- these taste great topped with butter!

    Notes

    *If you use a popover pan you will get 12 popovers, if you use a muffin tin you will get at least 18
    **Important Note! Place a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or foil beneath your popover pan or muffin tin. The butter tends to spill over the sides as the batter bakes and will drip onto your oven, causing a lot of smoke and a messy oven. Avoid this and set yourself up for easy cleanup by placing a pan underneath.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1popover | Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 360IU | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.

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    Comments

    1. Ray

      April 06, 2021 at 4:33 pm

      5 stars
      I’ve had many failed attempts at popovers and wanted a recipe that worked for me. I’ve finally found one! This recipe is foolproof. I baked these in my toaster oven, and the popovers puffed up so much I had to deflate them so that they wouldn’t scortch on the heating element! Even though I put them on the lowest rack! (Or maybe I was being overly cautious, I do that a lot.) Even so, they came out delicious and quite puffy!

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      • Sam

        April 07, 2021 at 9:18 am

        I am so glad you enjoyed them so much, Ray! 🙂

        Reply
    2. ILOVEURRECIPIES

      February 18, 2021 at 4:14 pm

      Can I divide this in half

      Reply
      • Sam

        February 18, 2021 at 8:54 pm

        Absolutely! Enjoy 🙂

        Reply
    3. Tina

      August 16, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      I love all of your recipes I have never had any issues with any of them. Your a great cook. I really appreciate your sharing a delicious world with us. I learned a few tips and tricks along the way.

      Thank you!
      Tina

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      • Sam

        August 16, 2020 at 9:06 pm

        Thank you so much, Tina!

        Reply
    4. AMY

      August 16, 2020 at 1:57 pm

      Can you add to the batter before baking? At my house we love cinnamon, could I add some to the batter or on top?

      Reply
      • Sam

        August 16, 2020 at 9:18 pm

        Hi Amy! Either will work fine here. I would probably just stir it in when you mix up the dry ingredients. 🙂

        Reply
    5. Pam

      March 22, 2020 at 7:27 pm

      5 stars
      Love these popovers! Easy to make. We make them all the time.

      Reply
      • Sugar Spun Run

        March 22, 2020 at 8:53 pm

        I am so glad that you enjoyed them, Pam! Thank you for trying my recipe. 🙂

        Reply
    6. ZM

      June 18, 2018 at 7:06 am

      Sam, this sounds like yorkshire pudding. however, for yorkshire pudding we have to heat up about 1cm oil in muffin tins. will try and hopefully it will rise like this.

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 18, 2018 at 7:49 am

        My understanding is that yorkshire pudding and popovers are very similar, I believe the batter is usually the same. I have always grown up with them called popovers and made this way, though 🙂

        Reply
    7. Saleema Khan

      June 17, 2018 at 10:11 pm

      I just baked these. They are awesome!!
      I used a muffin tin and got 24 small pop overs. They are so delicious. I made honey butter to go with them.

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 17, 2018 at 10:59 pm

        So happy to hear you enjoyed them!! 🙂

        Reply
    8. Michelle

      June 17, 2018 at 2:44 pm

      I would like to half this recipe . Should I fill empty cupcake tins with water? Or simply not fill?

      Reply
    9. Carissa Nelson | Spoonful of Easy

      June 17, 2018 at 11:26 am

      I love popovers but have never hit on a recipe that felt like “the” recipe that would be the new go-to. These look amazing and streamlined. Can’t wait to try them and good info on popover pan vs. muffin tin.

      Reply
    10. Mikaru86

      June 16, 2018 at 4:15 pm

      I’ve never heard of popovers before, but they look and sound delicious, so I’ll have to give them a try some time.

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 17, 2018 at 11:20 am

        I really hope you like them!! 🙂

        Reply
        • MKD

          June 17, 2018 at 12:40 pm

          I remember popovers at my grangmother’s; The only difference was she would deep fat fry them. I would stand on a stool & watch for them to turn themselves over – Hence the name popover.

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