Thursday, December 15, 2011

Eggnog Popovers with Cranberry Butter

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This is now my third month participating in the Improv Cooking Challenge which is hosted by Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker.  Each month participating bloggers are given two ingredients and asked to make any recipe of their choosing which contains those two ingredients.  For the inaugural challenge in October, participants made recipes using caramel and apple and the Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies that I made were over the top wonderful.  November brought the seasonal flavor of pumpkin along with cream cheese and I made a beautiful and delicious Praline Pumpkin Cheesecake.  This month’s ingredients are so appropriate for this time of year, eggnog and cranberries.  I debated and debated with myself on what I wanted to make.  First it was a cake, then cookies, maybe ice cream with a topping or even fudge but in the end I decided to make Eggnog Popovers with Cranberry Butter.  One cold day I got a craving for popovers and thought that I’d see if I could substitute eggnog for the milk in my tried-and-true popover recipe and much to my delight it worked out wonderfully.  To incorporate the cranberries I decided to make a slightly sweet cranberry butter which when slathered on a hot popover was pure delight.  This recipe would be perfect for a holiday breakfast or brunch as it really brings out the flavors of the season.

IMG_2571eEggnog Popovers with Cranberry Butter

1 cup eggnog
2 large eggs
1 TBS. vegetable oil
1 TBS. sugar
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup all-purpose flour

Spray a six cup muffin tin with cooking spray and place it into a cold oven. Turn the oven to 400F and allow it to come to temperature. While the pan is heating add all ingredients to your blender and process until very smooth. Once the oven reaches temperature allow the pan to continue heating for an additional two minutes. Once the pan is fully heated do not pull the pan from the oven but just slide out the rack with the pan on it and divide the mixture in the blender evenly between the six cups. Carefully slide the rack and muffin tin back into the oven. Do NOT open the oven for at least 30 minutes while the popovers bake. After 30 minutes check on them and depending on your oven they may need up to an additional 10 minutes to reach a deep brown color. Once fully baked, remove from the pan, break them open and add Cranberry butter, plain butter and/or jam or honey…DELISH!!

Cranberry Butter

4 TBS powdered sugar
8 TBS butter, softened
3/4 cup dried cranberries
zest of 1/2 an orange

Place all ingredients into the bowl of a food processor and blend until everything is combined and the cranberries pieces are very small.  Chill. Serve with hot popovers.

Enjoy!

22 comments:

  1. From a fellow ICC participant, this has to be the most creative recipe I've seen yet! Absolutely love the idea and what a great side for a holiday dinner! Great job :)

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  2. Hello fellow ICC blogger. Wow this looks fantastic. Very different. Love it. Come visit and check out our cookie. Also be sure to register to win the wonderful book we are giving away. Today is the last day. Look for the Southern Fried Women post.

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  3. I LOVE popovers! :) Pop over and see what I created, too!

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  4. That cranberry butter is so pretty and festive! That would look gorgeous on the breakfast table Christmas morning!

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  5. Your popovers are beautiful, and I love the butter. So creative. Love it!!!

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  6. Seriously cleaver! I would have never thought of that, what a great idea.

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  7. Making a cranberry butter was BRILLIANT! The whole thing looks amazing!

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  8. What fun!! Your offering for the improv is delightfully different and it sounds really delicious.

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  9. Lisa!! This such a brilliant idea! One of the best Christmas creations I've ever seen! I LOVE popovers, and can't wait to try them with the eggnog! h, and that cranberry butter...wow! Tweeting and stumbling this ASAP!

    BTW, last message I got from you was about 'when I return'. Are you back? :)

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  10. Hi Lisa, Your Maisie blog seems to be stuck on lst December, is this happening just for me. Love the recipes but love reading about Maisie as well.
    Happy Christmas
    Jeanne

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  11. Hi Lisa, Your Maisie blog seems to be stuck on lst December, is this happening just for me. Love the recipes but love reading about Maisie as well.
    Happy Christmas
    Jeanne

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  12. That popover belongs on a magazine cover. It looks fantastic and your recipe is really original. This is my first visit to your blog,so I took some extra time to browse through your earlier posts. I'm so glad I did that. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I'll definitely be back

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  13. wow this looks so good. I have a popover pan but never made popovers before! def need to now!

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  14. These two sound like a perfect match! So festive for the Holiday and I love that gorgeous pink of the cranberry butter. :)

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  15. Gorgeous popovers! And that cranberry butter is amazing--you could spread that on all sorts of stuff. Nice post! :)

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  16. These look great and it sounds like the type of challenge I'd enjoy so I'm going to check it out for next month so glad I've seen this.

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  17. mmm... this would make a wonderful breakfast. I can't wait to give this a try. Thanks for posting.

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  18. These look fantastic! I love anything eggnog... Tried your spiced turkey rub for Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit!! Posted about it on my blog today - thanks for the great recipes!

    Raina

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  19. Love popover and this just looks awesome, eggnog and then with cranberry spread. YUM!

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  20. Yum, what a unique combination. Can't wait to try the recipe.

    Pinning on pinterest. :)

    Cheers,
    Tracy Screaming Sardine

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  21. The popovers look wonderful. Stopping in to say Merry Christmas. Andi

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