Comments on: Popovers

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:38:02 +0000

In reply to Randy S. Hellenbrand USA Ret.. I'm so sorry to hear this happened, Randy! Did you start with room temperature ingredients? Was your oven fully pre-heated when you put the popovers in the oven? Did you open the oven at any point? Did you use all of the eggs? The yolks from the eggs are going to make the color. :(

By: Randy S. Hellenbrand USA Ret.

Randy S. Hellenbrand USA Ret. — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:48:45 +0000

Nope. Followed it to the letter. They didn’t rise as high as they should have, the tops got hard, and the inside turned yellowish.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:25:02 +0000

In reply to Kate. I'm so glad you've enjoyed them so much! I just lightly grease the pans. Is it possible maybe a small spot was missed?

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:22:37 +0000

Very much enjoy your recipes! Love popovers!! With preserves, or strawberry or honey butter, yummmm…

I use half the recipe to make 6 popovers. My occasional problem is that the popovers sometimes stick to the popover cup/pan. How much butter do you use to grease the pan? (Or is the high temperature up front a deterent to sticking?)

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:14:06 +0000

In reply to Missy. Hi Missy! Popovers are actually expected to shrink and deflate a bit after baking. :(

By: Missy

Missy — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:52:25 +0000

These were a little odd? I’ve made a bazillion popovers and usually you poke a hole in them once they are out of the oven and they don’t shrink? These shrunk anyway and were soft and eggy? Not crispy at all? Not sure I would make them again.
Definitely a “different” popover recipe

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:28:14 +0000

In reply to Leslie Genszler. Thank you for trying my recipe, Leslie! I'm so glad you enjoyed them! :)

By: Leslie Genszler

Leslie Genszler — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:04:51 +0000

Excellent recipe!

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:25:07 +0000

In reply to Leone Bradfield. I'm so sorry to hear this happened, Leone! I wonder if something was accidentally mis-measured when you cut all of ingredients in half. :(

By: Leone Bradfield

Leone Bradfield — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:16:47 +0000

This recipe did not work for me. They did not “pop” and exterior
was hard. I I followed the recipe, just halved it because I only have one 6 cup popover pan.

Maybe high altitude adjustments were needed.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:58:51 +0000

In reply to Teresa. Hi Teresa! Did they deflate and cool too rapidly? They are mostly egg.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:47:16 +0000

I just made these. They did pop over but they were dense without a pocket. Followed the baking instructions but they needed to come out early because they were browning too much. It’s like an egg muffin:(

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:55:04 +0000

In reply to Barbara Blewett. Yum! Love that idea, Barbara

By: Barbara Blewett

Barbara Blewett — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:10:40 +0000

They’re definitely Yorkshire Puds!! More rich as you’ve added butter.
In Yorkshire they eat them with roast beef dinner and gravy and then the next day with sprinkled sugar if any are left over. 🙂

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:27:07 +0000

In reply to Peggy. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much, Peggy! :)

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:03:44 +0000

These popovers are so light and airy! they came out of the pans with ease and tasted delicious!
I made half a batch because I have a mini popover pan and the recipe worked perfectly!!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:36:14 +0000

In reply to Absolutely Amanda. I'm so glad you enjoyed them! If you add melted butter to cold milk it will make it solidify a bit, but as long as they turned out then that's all that matters! :)

By: Absolutely Amanda

Absolutely Amanda — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:54:22 +0000

I haven’t had popovers since I was a teen! They came out great and I’ll be making them again soon!
One question: When everything was added together, I noticed that maybe the butter (or something else?) was forming like a gel in little bits. Was this due to temperature differences of the ingredients, or did I do something funky? Still came out looking and tasting great though :).

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:24:25 +0000

In reply to Diane. Hi Diane! I grease the pan in step 1. :)

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:32:10 +0000

Hi there I’m wondering about oil in the tins did I miss that part or do you not use any? Thank you so much!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:18:58 +0000

In reply to Joanne. I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:13:55 +0000

In reply to Sam.

This recipe worked perfectly for me! Thanks for all the great tips.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:01:56 +0000

In reply to Sam. No substitutions and yes oven was fully heated. I was thinking maybe I didn’t beat the eggs long enough.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:42:38 +0000

In reply to Angela. Hi Angela! Was your oven fully preheated when you put them in? The heat is very important for a good "pop". Did you make any substitutions?

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:03:40 +0000

Mine came out like a flat popover muffin. Flavor was good but no popover.