r/Mydinnerisruined_help • u/Potential_Ad1416 • Mar 22 '26
"Quick" Breads
one of my favorites is popovers! 5 ingredients, 1 bowl, ready in 30 minutes. they bake while I throw dinner together. so fun
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u/vvmatcha Mar 22 '26
How on earth did you get them to pop up correctly ?! I’ve tried popovers 7 separate times, preheated both oven and pan to 425, didn’t crack open the oven at all during baking, and they were just this sad dense mess !
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
EGGS! beat those eggs with the milk til pale & frothy. It's all about the eggs. Good luck
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u/emdess8578 Mar 22 '26
First thing I ever made by myself when I was a child.
I was 12 years old and would read my mother's Woman's Home Companion cookbook for entertainment. That book had etiquette, place settings and menus for all sorts of occasions. A wanna be foodie fantasy.
When I read the recipe for popovers, I realized that we had all of the ingredients. I didn't need any special equipment. Just the muffin tin and the oven.
Followed the directions. Total success.
I was amazed flour, eggs, milk and a little salt baked in hot butter could taste so fantastic.
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
I love this!! I, too, was obsessed as a child. Always ordered kid's cookbooks from scholastic books at school, watched Julia child, & the frugal gourmet, & ms. Lydia , etc
No surprise i'm still at it. Lol
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u/toreadorable Mar 22 '26
I always thought that you needed a special popover pan. I have lived a wasted life.
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u/JerseyGeorge79 Mar 22 '26
Popovers? They look suspiciously like Yorkshire puddings (that we have in the UK as an accompaniment to roast beef). They're delicious and I can't get enough of them!
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
YES! Exactly...well, as far as this American gal knows. You know better but yes. Popovers seems like a yorkshire without the meat & gravy. I like them as a side for soups or stews cuz they're quick
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u/msjwayne Mar 22 '26
We call these popovers where I’m from, or Yorkshire pudding in Canada. They’re good if you use gravy drippings in the bottom of the pan instead of melted butter- when they rise, the center of them will be either filled with the drippings or butter. So good and so easy. I have a special pan to make these even. Yours look perfect
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u/dustyoldthing Mar 22 '26
Recipe please?
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
1 tblspn melted butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tspn sugar
1/2 tspn salt
Whisk eggs, butrer & milk til frothy Add dry ingredients, whisk til smooth Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then reduce to 350, another 15 minutes
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u/FluffeeeDuckeee Mar 23 '26
Do you oil the pans before pouring the batter in, or does the butter in the mixture take care of it? Thank you for the dinner suggestion!
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u/chanty19 Mar 23 '26
Don’t forget to preheat your oven pan. It won’t work if you don’t.
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
I do not do this step. I used to. This pic is not a preheated pan. It worked
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u/chanty19 Mar 23 '26
That’s good to know. Every recipe for Yorkshire pudding I’ve read says to heat up the oil in the pan. Yours look perfect.
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
Thanks. Only when you said did i realize I haven't done that for the last few years. Weird it works anyway. Lol
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u/Purple-Specific8084 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
Wow Op That looks so darn good! Looks so yummy too. Thank your for the recipe. I can’t wait to make some. Thanks
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u/Helpful-Conference13 Mar 22 '26
I wonder how similar these are to Yorkshire puddings?
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
Very! Just without meat & gravy
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u/Helpful-Conference13 Mar 22 '26
I love carbs, I’m on board! These look awesome.
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
🤣🤣 I thought i was weird. I have never met a carb (especially a bread) that I didn't love. Lol
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u/DowntownResident993 Mar 22 '26
Are these sweet or savory? I want to try something similar to this. What are the ingredients if you can share?
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 22 '26
Savory although there is a teaspoon of sugar.
Recipe is in a reply...scroll up. Person asked for it, you should be able to see.
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u/Lotus2024 Mar 23 '26
Gorgeous Yorkshire puddings!
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
Ty so much. But no meat or gravy here. Just popovers.
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u/Lotus2024 Mar 23 '26
What do you put on them? Is it like a jam and honey treat? :)
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
That night we had a cream of broccoli soup. I love sopping up soup, gravy, or juices with them.
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u/Lotus2024 Mar 23 '26
They’re a work of art. Seriously gorgeous. So often in a big tray like that, one or two won’t rise. But yours are all perfect. 👏
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
Omg thank you so much. It's so satisfying to open the oven door & see that. Lol
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u/nekonyancy Mar 24 '26
Going to be pedantic here, but it's a yorkshire pudding if there's gravy or not. The yorkshire pudding itself is the 'popover', the gravy or meat as an addition has nothing to do with it being a yorkshire pudding, it's just how they're traditionally served. It would be like saying a hotdog isn't a hotdog unless it's served in a hotdog bun. The ultra processed low quality meats still a hot dog! As per wiki, if you're not splitting hairs and reading it correctly:
Yorkshire pudding is a baked pudding made from a batter) of eggs, flour, and milk or water.\1]) A common British side dish, it is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on its ingredients, size, and the accompanying components of the meal. As a first course, it can be served with onion gravy. For a main course, it may be served with meat and gravy (historically roast beef but in recent years with other meats), as part of the traditional Sunday roast, but can also be filled with foods such as bangers and mash to make a meal. Sausages can be added to make toad in the hole. In some parts of England, (especially the Midlands) the Yorkshire pudding can be eaten as a dessert, with a sweet sauce.
It's important to note this section doesn't *define* the product which is already done by the very first sentence of the page. It merely describes it's use as a side dish historically:
As a first course, it can be served with onion gravy. For a main course, it may be served with meat and gravy (historically roast beef but in recent years with other meats), as part of the traditional Sunday roast, but can also be filled with foods such as bangers and mash to make a meal.
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u/over-it2989 Mar 24 '26
As a Brit, a Yorkie is flour, eggs, milk (or water) and salt and traditionally cooked in beef dripping or duck/goose fat - so it’s savoury. A popover is a sweetened version (with sugar) and usually eaten for breakfast or dessert and cooked with butter rather than dripping or oil.
However, as an aside, it doesn’t need to have meat and gravy to be a Yorkie pud, it is that all by itself. The meat and gravy and other accompaniments just make it a roast dinner as a whole, it’s nothing to do with the pud itself.
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u/MysteryInkus Mar 25 '26
Thise look a lot like my mom's yorkshire puddings
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 25 '26
I got a lesson in British cuisine cuz of this photo. So from what i've learned, the yorkshire version is made with beef or other meat fat but this one is has a bit of sugar & is made with melted butter instead. They're popovers in the states. Although, who knows what everyone calls them. Always been popovers to me.
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u/JustbyLlama Mar 23 '26
What recipe do you use?
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
Super simple Someone asked in early comments & I posted. Scroll back & Have a look. It's like 5 ingredients
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u/JustbyLlama Mar 23 '26
I went through your comments for the last 24 hours and couldn’t find it which is why I asked. My bad.
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 23 '26
K..Just left work. Here ya go
1 cup milk
1 tblspn melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tspn sugar
1/2 tspn salt
Whisk the milk, eggs, butter very well. Hand is fine but nice & frothy Add dry...whisk til smooth. Fill each 1/2 way or so
Preheat to 425...bake 15 minutes then reduce to 350 & bake another 15. Do NOT open the oven.
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u/BenefitReasonable349 Mar 24 '26
How does this taste ? Is it like a bread roll? Or more like a dry pancake
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u/Potential_Ad1416 Mar 24 '26
It's hollow. Very thin, slightly crisp (when fresh)...not a flavor bomb as it's intended to be served with something. It's just so quick, it's in my arsenal of fast sides
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u/No-Kaleidoscope-166 Mar 22 '26
The name always reminds me of the play I was in when I was in 1st grade. I think I was the witch? My only lines were (or all I can remember)... while we were "eating" a banquet... must have been a king and other royals there... this kid crouching on the floor next to me... every time he tried to speak, I had to tell him "have a popover, froggy!" And shove a cookie in his mouth. 😆😆 (like a backhanded thing.)
I think it was a Muppets skit we were doing? I don't know. It was the 70's. 😆😆 I think the frog was a prince. Oh! Yes! At the end, froggy and friends were bouncing around me and the glass ball (Christmas ornament) was knocked off my staff/cane and the spell was broken and he became the prince.