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Feast Your Eyes: Popovers

Popovers
Popovers are among the first baked goods I was ever allowed to make on my own when I was just a beginning cook. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for their ease, tender insides and ability to absorb vast amounts of butter and jam.

From the looks of this picture, it appears that someone had a mighty good meal recently. Thanks to Tim for adding this tasty pic to the pool.

Happy National Cherry Popover Day!

cherriesBelieve it or not, there are actually greeting cards to celebrate this day. Amazing.

It's National Cherry Popover Day, the day when we all eat blueberry muffins. Oh, just kidding. But I'm actually having trouble finding a recipe for cherry popovers, even on the internets (I can't even find a picture of one). I've found several for popovers in general, but none for cherry.

Do you have a cherry popover recipe you can share with us, or maybe a fruit-filled popover recipe where we could substitute cherry? Let us know in the comments.

Popover pans and childhood baking adventures

a six-cup popover pan on a wooden cutting board
I quickly stopped into my favorite thrift store earlier this afternoon and found an assortment of treasures. The best among the haul was a six-cup non-stick popover pan. I've wanted a popover pan ever since a brunch at a friend's house a few months ago and discovered how hollow and high popovers can get when baked in a pan designed expressly for them.

When I was seven years old, I was given a cookbook called "For Good Measure: A Cookbook for Children." I loved this book and would pore over it, reading and re-reading the recipes for Hopscotch Scones, Brownies and Old Time Strawberry Jam. My favorite recipe, and the one I made over and over again on Saturday mornings for my babysitter and younger sister, was for popovers. On my last trip out to Portland, I went through most of my childhood books, packing up the ones I wanted to keep and getting rid of the rest. This first cookbook of mine went into the keep pile. It's a little musty from years of storage in my parents' garage and there are a couple of pages that are stuck together, but I still love it. You can find the popover recipe after the jump.

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Food Porn: Mile-High Popovers

A good popover should be slightly crisp on the outside, tender and slightly custardy on the inside, and must be attractively puffy. There are specialty pans available for making them, but as with most specialty pans, it's hard to know whether buying them is worth the price. I don't make popovers very often, so I almost always use a regular muffin pan, as I did when I made eggnog popovers over the holidays. But the argument for using the specialty pans, neatly summed up in the above photo of the Fanatic Cook 's mile-high popovers, is compelling. The muffin-made popovers met the textural characteristics that are desirable in a popover, but they simply cannot compete when it comes to the towering heights that the specialty pan popovers do.

With this in mind, I would certainly consider investing in a popover pan if I made popovers more than once or twice a year. The results, clearly, are impressive and the pans don't take up that much room. I'll just keep them with my wide array of specialty and shaped cake pans....

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Eggnog Popovers

Looking for a way to use up some leftover eggnog, I considered possibilities like eggnog cookies and eggnog cheesecake before deciding to make up a batch of eggnog popovers. A popover is made with an egg batter, very similar to crepe batter, that puffs up in the oven, literally popping over the top of the tin that it is made in. Since the batter is similar to pancake batter, I was hoping for something that would be appropriate for breakfast or dessert and that is exactly what I got.

The interior of these popovers is moist and tender, almost custardy, while the exterior is light and crisp. They're best when they're still hot or warm, but are still tasty at room temperature. You can really taste the eggnog flavor, boosted with a bit of nutmeg and vanilla, and they go wonderfully with maple syrup or powdered sugar.

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Slashfood Ate (8): Thansgiving bread ideas

In our quest for a great set of Thanksgiving recipes, we've already seen the recipes from a lot of our favorite bloggers. First, we tackled the turkey and stuffing and then we moved on to the side dishes. Today, we're looking at some great ideas for breads to serve along with the meal. Carbs may be filling, but you need something to soak up all that extra gravy, right?

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