Popovers

These are airy light fairy style rolls the crepes of rolls and muffins, I guess. They are best hot with butter and jam. Worth a try because they are different and tasty. Fry bread is also called Popovers in some families but this is the popovers I think of. 

Popovers

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 cup milk

1/4 tsp salt

1 TBS melted and cooled shortening

Beat eggs until frothy. Add rest of ingredients, stir do not over beat.

Fill greased muffin tins (no paper) 1/2 full or 1/3 full.

Set in a COLD oven. Turn on heat to 450 for 15 minutes. Then turn down heat and bake at 350 for 5-10 minutes more. Serve hot. 

A tip I have written down says to put parchment circles on the bottom of the muffin tins to keep them from sticking. I vaguely remember this working well.

Quick Clover Leaf Rolls

150-year old recipe! From Mrs. Winifred Krebs in the St Georges Episcopal Church cookbook from New Orleans, LA in 1967. That would make it an almost 200 year old recipe for now. Anyways, it is pretty simple and with a try..


2 yeast cakes break apart in large bowl
1 egg room temperature
1 1/2 cups scalded milk cooled to warm
3 TBS sugar
5 TBS melted shortening or butter
4 cups flour

Beat all together well. Raise covered in a warm place for 1 hour. Handle dough quickly and make groups of 3 balls. Dip in melted butter, place in muffin pans and put to raise again until doubled in bulk. Bake in hot oven 15 minutes.

I'm guessing a hot oven would be the regular 350 degrees