Thyme Popovers

I rarely bake, but this recipe of Ina Garten's is so easy that even I like to make them! My older son loves filling them with butter and eggs. He loves that burst of  butter at the end of a bite. The beauty of them is that you can fill them with just about anything.

Ingredients

Softened butter for greasing pans, plus 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups whole milk, at room temperature

Directions

 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Generously grease aluminum popover pans or custard cups with softened butter. You'll need enough pans to make 12 popovers. Place the pans in the oven for 2 minutes to preheat. Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, salt, thyme, eggs, milk, and melted butter until smooth. The batter will be thin. Fill the popover pans less than half full and bake for exactly 30 minutes. Do not peek.

Serve hot.

Mini Candied Pecan French Toast Bundt Cakes

 

 

 

These mini bundt French toast cakes are  the easiest and tastiest way to make a breakfast or brunch special for guests or just to have when you just want something yummy!

This recipe makes 8 but you can easily reduce it to make 2, 4, or 6 mini bundt cakes.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 loaf Challah or brioche bread (Found Challah bread at Trader Joe's)
• 8 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• candied pecans (I bought mine at Trader Joe's but you can make your own.)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Generously spray a mini bundt pan with  cooking spray.

  3. Place 5 to 6 candied pecans in the bottom of each mini bundt pan.

  4.  Tear bread into tiny bits and fill the bundt pan. You want to press the bread down  

        gently in order to fill the whole space.

  5.  Whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger. Pour evenly over bread.

  6.  Bake for 10 minutes until set.

  7.  Gently turn the bundts out of the pan. I had to give mine a little shake to get them 

        out.

   8.  Serve with syrup and extra candied pecans.