Bubbie’s Passover Popovers
Adapted from Ruth Levy and Joan Nathan
Ingredients
- 1/2 vegetable oil plus more for baking sheet
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup matzo meal (or half matzo meal, half matzo cake meal)
- 1/2 tbsp sugar (or, to taste)
- 4 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Brush a baking sheet with oil; set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, bring oil, 1 cup water, and salt to a boil over medium-high heat
- Stir in matzah meal (or matzo meal/cake flour) until sticky, remove from heat and let cool completely.
- Add sugar and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Fill a large bowl with water.
- Dip your hands in the water and then form dough into a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
- Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat process until all dough has been used.
- Transfer to oven and bake until popovers are puffy, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking until golden brown, about 40 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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