Craig Claiborne

The Best Popovers

Preparation info

  • 8 to 10

    popovers.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

  • About

Popovers, those crisp, gossamer, air-filled breads, are the American version of Yorkshire pudding. They are extraordinarily easy to make, as this recipe will testify.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs, lightly

Method

  1. Do not preheat the oven.

  2. Sift the flour with the salt into a mixing bowl.

  3. Using another mixing bowl, combine the eggs, milk, and melted butter. Beat lightly and stir the mixture into the flour. Stir until well blended and smooth.

  4. Lightly oil the insides of 8 to 10