Popovers

Thanks to their airy and flaky texture and short ingredient list, popovers are the perfect vessel for a pat of butter and all your favorite toppings. Once the warm pockets of goodness are fresh out of the oven, the sky's the limit: think berry jam, orange marmalade, maple syrup, or fresh lemon curd.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450F. Generously coat the inside of a popover tin with butter (a muffin tin can be used in a pinch; see notes). We recommend using a paper towel with a dab of butter on it to grease the tin - a great task for little hands!
2. Combine eggs and milk in a medium bowl and beat well with a whisk.
3. Add flour and salt to the wet mixture and whisk together until smooth and free of lumps. Stir in melted butter.
4. Ladle batter into tin, filling each cup about three-quarters full.
5. Bake 20 minutes at 450F, then reduce heat (without opening oven) to 375F and bake another 15 minutes until golden-brown.
6. Enjoy warm with jam, maple syrup or butter!

   Farm Team Tips

   While you can use a muffin tin in a pinch, know that your popovers may not "pop." Most traditional popover tins have open spaces between each cup, designed to allow increased airflow between the popovers as they bake. Popover tins also have deeper, steeper-sided cups than muffin tins, which help encourage the popover batter to rise upwards rather than settling during baking.

   Resist the urge to open the oven door while your popovers bake. Even cracking it for just a few seconds to check on them will let out enough heat that your popovers might struggle to "pop" completely.