Jumbo Popovers With Fresh Plum Butter Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Generously grease aluminum popover pans or Pyrex custard cups with softened butter. You'll need enough pans to make 12 popovers. Place the pans in the oven for exactly 2 minutes to preheat. Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, salt, eggs, milk, and melted butter until smooth. The batter will be thin. Fill the popover pans less than half full and bake for exactly 30 minutes. Do not peek.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Spray a popover pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place pan on center rack of oven and preheat for 2 minutes.
• Blend flour, salt, eggs, milk, and melted butter until it looks like heavy cream, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Cut chilled butter into 6 even pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in each cup and place pan back in oven until butter is bubbly (about 1 minute).
• Fill each cup half full with batter and bake 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Beat eggs in a medium sized bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add milk and 1 TBSP butter, mixing well.
• Combine dry ingredients; add to egg mixture, and beat until smooth.
• Butter 6 custard cups generously.
• Set the cups in a jellyroll pan, and place in a 400 F degree oven 5 minutes before filling.
• Remove from oven.
• Spoon batter evenly into the cups.
• Bake at 400 F for 25 minutes; reduce the temperature to 350 F and bake an additional 20-25 minutes.
• Turn off heat, and allow to stand 5 - 10 minutes.
• (They should be extra large, empty crusty shells.).
• Serve hot with butter, jam or jelly.

Steps:

• To Make Jumbo Popovers:.
• Generously grease 6 (6-ounce) custard cups and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat all ingredients until smooth.
• Pour into greased cups. Complete now or make ahead.
• (To complete now): Preheat oven to 400F while preparing the batter. Place filled custard cups in a foil-lined jelly-roll pan, to catch any overflow. Bake in preheated oven 40 to 50 minutes or until surface is browned and center is moist, but not gummy. Cut open one popover to test for doneness. Serve hot.
• (To make ahead): Refrigerate batter in custard cups up to 1 hour. Place cups in foil-lined jelly-roll pan. Bake in preheated oven 50 to 60 minutes or until surface is browned and center is moist but not gummy. Serve hot. If desired, freeze baked popovers in an airtight container up to 7 days. To reheat, return to clean custard cups. Preheat oven to 350F and heat 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
• To Make Fresh Plum Butter:.
• In a blender or food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine plums, powdered sugar (add dash of cinnamon, if using) and butter. Blend until smooth and creamy. Complete now or make ahead.
• (To complete now): Spoon into a serving dish and refrigerate at least 15 minutes. Serve slightly chilled. Use leftovers on toast or muffins the next day.
• (To make ahead): Spoon into a 3-cup container with a tight fitting lid. Refrigerate up to 3 o r 4 days, depending on ripeness of plums. Makes 2 1/2 to 3 cups.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together the milk, flour, and salt until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy.
• Beat in eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, until just incorporated. Be careful not to overmix. The batter should still be lumpy.
• Brush inside of popover tins with a generous amount of butter. Divide batter evenly among buttered tins. Bake 20 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees; bake until puffed and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes more. Remove tins from oven, and turn out popovers; serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Put a piece of butter into each of 6 large muffin cups.
• Put muffin tin in preheated oven until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Beat milk, eggs, 1/4 cup sugar, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Whisk flour into the milk mixture until you have a batter. Divide batter between muffin cups. Drop even amounts of blueberries into each batter portion. Stir 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl; sprinkle evenly over the batter portions.
• Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until popovers are no longer moist in the center, about 25 minutes. Dust tops of popovers with confectioners' sugar. Squeeze lemon juice over popovers. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Generously grease 32 mini muffin cups with shortening.
• In 4-quart saucepan, heat 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup butter to rolling boil. Reduce heat to low; add Bisquick mix all at once. Stir vigorously with whisk about 1 1/2 minutes or until mixture forms ball. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; continue beating until smooth.
• Drop dough by level measuring tablespoonfuls into muffin cups.
• Bake 23 to 27 minutes or until deep golden brown.
• Meanwhile, stir together ingredients of desired flavored butter(s) to serve with popovers.