Sweet Cream Stuffed Popovers with Lime Sugar
- Yield: 12 popovers 1x
Ingredients
Scale
12 tsp butter + 6 TBSP melted butter
3 eggs
1.5 cups milk
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp vanilla, divided
2 limes
1 TBSP sugar + ½ cup granulated sugar
4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature (I use whipped)
1.5 TBSP sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Adjust your rack to the middle position.
- Place 1 tsp butter into each of 12 muffin cups (1 TBSP of butter is basically 4 tsp, fyi). Pop the pan in the oven just until the butter melts. Using a pastry brush or a paper towel, brush the butter all over the muffin cups until well greased. Set aside.
- In a bowl, combine ½ cup sugar with the zest of one lime. Stir until blended.Â
- In a blender, combine the eggs, milk, flour, 2 tsp of the vanilla, the zest of the other lime, and 1 TBSP of the melted butter. Blend until frothy and smooth. Pour into the 12 muffin cups, filling almost to the top.Â
- In a small bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, remaining teaspoon of vanilla, 1 TBSP lime juice, and 1 TBSP of the sugar. Stir until well combined.Â
- Spoon a little bit of this mixture down into each popover/muffin tin – about 1 tsp in each, give or take.Â
- Bake for 17 to 19 minutes, or until puffed and nicely golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool for about 5 minutes before transferring them elsewhere. NOTE: they will deflate when you take them out of the oven. This is okay!
- Brush the popovers with some of the remaining melted butter and then roll them around in the lime sugar until nice and coated. Enjoy warm.Â