Yorkshire puddings

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There are probably many that disagree with my recipe but I feel my pictures say it all, it works.

For my 6 fairly large puddings I used, almost as soon as I have had breakfast.

  2 large eggs right from the fridge

  1/3 cup flour, yesterday I used the same flour as I use for my bread

  and about 1/4 to 1/3 cup cold water right from the cold tap.

 Mixed all in a large bowl with balloon whisk, it's a job to get it to blend well. so I let it be a bit lumpy looking, mixture looks like heavy cream, sorta slow to pour.

this mix is then poured into a small jug, and the jug placed in the fridge, till I want to cook the pudding about 8 hours later.

I then heat my oven to 400f, spray my pans  with a quick spray of  Pam, place empty pans in oven to heat about 3/4 mins, remove pans from oven, divide the pudding mix into the hot pudding pans, place in oven and bake about 40 minutes, or until puffed and golden.

I do have a little story that goes along with Yorkshire puddings, I am a Londoner and these puddings are/were very popular when i was younger, My mum often made them

and it never failed when they were in the oven and you could see them rising, my mum would always say, "oh, I don't know whats happened to those Yorkshires," hence every one would look through the oven window and see all these gorgeous pudding

 puffing up like clouds. And strangely enough I seem to do the same as my mum always did........ :-))))  qahtan.  

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What makes them rise?  They are beautiful.  I've been meaning to try Yorkshire pudding.  No rising agent, though?  I'm baffled.

:-Paul

As you can see by the recipe there is no raising agent in them,, like many recipes that do not require any raising agent to make them rise,  ie- Genoise sponge as well souffle etc, it's in the eggs.  try it... qahtan

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Yeah, I will try them.  I'm, obviously, kind of new to cooking beyond making things like baking powder cakes, yeasted breads, etc.  This is all quite interesting.  Baking is a BIG world!

:-Paul

Pfitzauf is what they're called in Germany, and Popovers here in Maine.

Tea and freshly baked Popovers with butter and strawberry jam, in a garden overlooking Jordans Pond and the mountains of Acadia National Park - no better way to enjoy them that I can think of...

Karin

I love them but never had the courage to actually make them. This convinces me that it would be neat to try.

Dan