Popovers

By Carla

From Mark Bittman, New York Times, December 23rd, 2009

Ingredients

• 5 Tbsp melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp fresh thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried), optional

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Drizzle a teaspoon or so of melted butter in each cup of a 12-cup muffin pan or a popover tin and put it in the oven while you make batter.

2. Beat togethre the eggs, milk, 1 Tbsp butter, sugar and salt. beat in the flour a little bit at a time and add thyme if using; mixture should be smooth.

3. Carefully remove muffin tin from oven and fill each cup about halfway. Bake for 15-20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 15 minutes more or until popovers are puffed and browned. Do not check popovers until that have baked for a total of 30 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and serve hot.