Popovers {A Tuesdays with Dorie Post}

Popovers are a funny thing.  Not many people know what they are.  Are they a bread?  A muffin?  A cake?  Well, the answer is sort of, but no.  They're the best of all of those things- puffy, crunchy, easy to eat and a snap to make,  but not like any of them at all.  They're completely one of a kind.  So while I couldn't say for sure what you would classify a popover as, what I do know is that they're especially tasty drizzled with any number of sweet toppings.  And that's all I really need to know.

My mom made popovers for us occasionally.  Usually for dinner, alongside a stew, and drizzled with honey.  In fact that's the best part of a popover.  Drizzling your favorite topping down over the top and watching it disappear into the center knowing that a sweet surprise awaits you with every bite.


I wasn't sure I was going to make these popovers.  After all, I had just put my stamp on mini Dutch Baby pancakes, and they're an awful lot like a popover.  Actually, I didn't decide to make them until this very morning.  But my fellow Tuesdays with Dorie bakers requested them, and who am I to question it?  At the very least, I could compare them to my Dutch Babies and to the popovers of my childhood.

 One this is certain about popovers, they are fun to watch bake and just as fun to eat,  My kids loved them (my oldest had three!).  And I have to say, I might have enjoyed them even more than the mini Dutch Babies.  These popovers are as light as air (even without the suggested extra baking time to dry them out), crunchy on the outside and moist and tender on the inside. Simple perfection.


I suggest you pop on over (ha ha!) to the hosts this week, Paula and Amy (check out her son's great origami hats too, so cute!) to find the incredibly simple recipe.  And while you're at it, see how the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers fared with their attempts to make popovers as well.