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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    Pop On Over

    I woke up feeling good today. I know! It's a miracle. I think part of it had to do with the fact that I took 3 Klonopin before I went to bed, ahhh, drug induced sleep, and part of it has to do with the fact that Emma has her school talent show try-outs today. I have a little nervous energy by proxy, I guess.

    So I needed to keep busy this morning. I wasn't in the mood for a shower yet, so I started on dinner. I have a dentist appointment tonight (again), and knew I needed to get dinner made in advance, so I got the noodles going, and the meat browning.

    Then I remembered a recipe I had come across in a book I had been reading. It sounded good at the time, so in the middle of the night, I snuck down to the computer and made a copy of it.

    Today seemed like as good a time as any to try it out. So here it is.

    Oh, and this has nothing to do with the noodles or meat. Completely different recipe, that one.


    Popovers. Basically eggs, milk, flour and salt baked at high temperatures until they look like this. Now, the recipe said to use muffin tins. I have a handy dandy Popover Pan courtesy of Sugar Daddy and his sweet hook ups, so I thought I'd break that bad boy out and see what it could do.

    Judging by the height on these things, I'm thinking a muffin tin would have been better. But how cool are they? They taste like a round German pancake.


    Here's Gretta enjoying her popover. No, really, she is. I know the look on her face doesn't show it, but she was very concerned about me sitting on the floor and blocking her binky. You know, priorities. Next time I will definitely use a muffin tin. Or maybe just fill the popover pan half full. Or is it half empty?

    I finished getting dinner ready in the time they were cooking. How cool do I feel right now? Yeah.


    Here's the recipe for you recipephiles.

    4 eggs, should be about 1 cup of eggs.
    Beat for 1 minute with a whisk, just to incorporate them.

    Add 2 cups milk.
    Whisk again, just to incorporate.

    Add 2 cups flour and 1tsp salt all at once, and mix with a wooden spoon. It will be lumpy, so don't over mix.

    Bake in a preheated oven at 450 for 30 mins.

    Don't peek, because if you open the oven door, they will fall flat.
    When they're done, take them out to cool and pierce with a sharp knife to release the steam.

    Serve with butter, mmm, or jam, or honey butter, or cashew butter, or orange marmalade, or road tar. They are that good.


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    11 Response(s):

    Laura said...

    Mmm I LOVE popovers...they are SO good!!

    Amber said...

    These look darn tasty... I love a good german pancake, so I'm sure to love these. Thanks for the recipe...

    Nikki said...

    They even look delicious. I am going to give it a try.

    I am glad you are having a better day. I've been there....Stinks.

    Dalynne Denhof said...

    so whatever happened w/ the uh dentist? did you get a second opinion, change dentists? I'm curious how it all panned out =)

    amy k said...

    They look so yummy. I printed off the recipe and will try it later this week.

    grannybabs said...

    They do look good!

    Larissa said...

    M-m-m-m-m...road tar! Marmalade...not so much!

    Trent and Carlie & Co. said...

    I have never tried popovers, so I will give it a shot. When I get out of my i-don't-feel-like-cooking-anything-for-anybody funk. :)

    grannybabs said...

    Just "Popping" in to say "Have a great day!!"

    Meg & Josh said...

    They look M..M..M Good!

    Kelli said...

    Yum, I'm hungry now!