Blue Cheese Popovers

I'm very excited to show you this new, and possibly slightly improved, popover recipe. While we may have tweaked the ingredient amounts a little bit, we are still going to be using our foolproof, cold-oven method for making these. The reason this technique is so fun to use, is that it's literally the opposite of everything every popover expert says you should do.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 170 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 5 large eggs, at room temperature
• ½ cup crumbled blue cheese, or to taste
• 2 cups whole milk, at room temperature
• nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Whisk eggs, salt, cayenne, milk, oil, and flour together in a large measuring cup or mixing bowl just until blended.

Step 2

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 1 hour on the counter, or in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours, up to overnight.

Step 3

Grease 14 nonstick muffin cups with butter, and then mist with cooking spray.

Step 4

Whisk the batter for a few seconds and fill each prepared muffin cup 4/5 full. Sprinkle each evenly with blue cheese.

Step 5

Place the muffin pans into a cold oven with a drip pan set underneath. Set the heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Bake in the oven until popovers are well browned and fully puffed, about 30 to 35 minutes. Poke each popover with a knife to allow steam to escape. Serve hot.