These churro popovers are light, they’re puffy, so buttery, they’re cinnamon sweet heaven! Need I say more?
I recently bought a proper popover pan and couldn’t be happier. And what does one do with a proper popover pan? Well make popovers, of course! If you’re not familiar with popovers, they’re a light muffin made from a thin egg batter, which rises to form a hollow shell when baked. They are similar to Yorkshire puddings, but Yorkshire puddings are normally savory and are usually made with fat drippings from pork of beef. Now I know you’ll want to ask me if you can use a muffin pan if you don’t have this popover pan and the answer is YES, of course! You can actually see my version of plain popovers, I made here using just a muffin pan. The secret is really just greasing the muffin cups properly so they don’t stick, because if they stick you’ve got a big mess on your hands.
I decided to make a sweet version here with sugar and cinnamon, which I also aptly named the churro popover.
I simply love churros! Churros are usually fried dough and covered with cinnamon and sugar! Fried dough, people! I love fried dough, fried dough with anything or just plain gets me all excited and I start singing the Macarena! I like to fool myself into thinking these churro popovers are a tad healthier because they’re baked, but who am I kidding? I slathered these babies in butter before covering them with cinnamon and sugar.
Who cares though! It’s not like I make these all the time, moderation, people, the secret is moderation! Yes, just keep saying that to yourself. Like I do!!! Does anything stick? I think not! Well it does stick to my thighs! But let’s not go there. Churro popovers, enough talking. Go. Make. Them.
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Churro Popovers
Ingredients
For Popovers
- 3 cups milk I used 2%
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 eggs room temperature
- non-stick cooking spray
For Topping
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat the milk in the microwave for 2 minutes until it's lukewarm.
- Add the milk, flour, baking powder, salt and eggs to your blender and blend until smooth. Let the batter rest for about an hour. It does not need to be refrigerated.
- Preheat oven to 450 F degrees. Spray popover pan generously with cooking or baking spray. Fill each popover cup almost to the top with batter.
- Place popover pan on a baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake at 450 F degrees for 15 minutes. Turn down the oven temperature to 375 F degrees and bake for another 25 minutes, or until popovers are golden brown.
- In a shallow plate mix sugar and cinnamon together.
- Let popovers cool until warm to touch. Brush each popover with melted butter, then roll popover through the cinnamon sugar. Repeat with all popovers.
Recipe Notes
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I made these and they were delicious! But they were dense in the middle. Did I need to cook them longer, or use less batter? The tops were a beautiful golden brown. I took the leftover batter and made crepes with it…wonderful.
My first guess was that probably the batter was overmixed. Mixing too much will develop the gluten in the batter.
It looks delicious!
Do you think i can make it in a muffin pan? Would it be the same cooking time?
You could, absolutely and I believe the cooking time would be the same.
Just made these and they are INCREDIBLE- better than churros because they don’t have that overdone taste.
Thank you for the recipe!
Glad you liked it Cynthia! 🙂
Oh my this looks absolutely delicious and I want one of those Churro Popovers right now…quickly saving this recipe to recreate it soon ♥
thx for the inspiration and the recipe…caving your page so I cant share my rebacking results with you 😉
I have got to try these!
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I have my popover pan out and am making these now! They look fantastic. I also love churros and anything with cinnamon and sugar is just an added bonus. I didn’t realize how long they would cook for. I’m going to have to watch these like a hawk since my oven ison the new side and I think it runs hot. I usually turn it down 20 degrees — maybe 15 for this? It’s my first experiment with these. Thank you for the recipe!
Yeah make sure you watch them. It’s hard to tell with new ovens until you get used to them. Hope they turn out. 🙂
“Just in moderation” are my key words! Gah, this is killing me. Already shared!
Right, if only it were that easy!
Yummmm GREAT idea on the cinnamon sugar!
You’re killin’ me Jo!! Thank the Lord I only have 3 days left on Whole30 🙂 These churro popovers are a must make as soon as it’s over!!!
Sorry Senika! Is the Whole30 working for you?
Well, my husband is so obsessed with everything churro, so he will LOVE these! It looks like they’re pretty easy to make. We actually have a post coming up about a restaurant called Popovers! How cool is that!
I think that’s a restaurant I would love! LOL
These look mouthwatering wow, you know whats funny, since we have been to Maine one year ago, my husband has been begging me to make him popovers, and I ordered the pan this week, I got it yesterday and planned on making some over the weekend. Your dessert like version is superb!
Perfect timing then, hope you try them!
Gorgeous Jo! They look so light and airy!!!! So delicious!!!
I love popovers and when I saw these photos all I could say out loud was, “What???” I must have one of these this week!
LOL, they’re yummy!
Those look like my kind of popovers! Such a creative variation 🙂