Is this Thanksgiving or Nesting?

Every year, we go to DC for the annual family movie madness weekend. It is largely an excuse to eat a lot of everything (teriyaki steaks, popcorn, ayerkuuuuken- don't ask me to explain these!) and to spend most of the weekend making fun of eachother's movie taste. We usually have a plan for 7-8 movies and get in no more than 5 due banter time (the best part). I will use this forum to state that Dirty Dancing really is the best movie ever. Not an opinion, a fact. Although, I watched Benjamin Button last night & what a great movie to make a 39 week prego cry!

Anyway, I digress. Cousin Eve always makes delicious popovers for breakfast at movie weekend. She inspired me to get a popover tin at Williams-Sonoma over a year ago. It moved to the burbs with us and has been sitting unused next to my muffin tin....

This morning, some fate set in. I hit Google on my IPAD and the "GOOGLE" banner had of course become Thanksgiving themed. When you click on it, all Ina Garten's Thanksgiving recipes show up, popovers included! 8:30 am, in bed and think to myself- what better excuse? I am very pregnant , it is Thanksgiving and Lee is home to enjoy breakfast with me!

Delicious. Ina states three rules that you see everywhere on popovers:

1. preheat the pan for a couple of minutes

2. Don't fill popover pan more that 1/2 full

3. Do not peek inside the oven at all- keep that door closed!

They're so easy to make, require no weird ingredients, zero prep time and they make the perfect breakfast with some jam. My poor popover pan won't be abandoned anymore!

I halfed the recipe and made 6 and it worked out perfectly.

Barefoot Contessa Parties (great cookbook!) - Ina Garten's Popovers

Makes 12 popovers- I used one pan and made 6

1 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pan (I used Pam)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, sifted

3/4 tsp kosher salt

3 extra large eggs at room temp

1 1/2 cups whole milk at room temp

Preheat oven to 425. Place tins inside for a few minutes to heat them up. Mix all ingredients together. Use a bowl or measuring cup with a spout to pour in each popover- no more than half full. Place in oven. 30 minutes. Do not peek!

Serve hot with some coffee (you know which brand!) & my favorite OJ, Simply Orange!