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Jalapeño Cheddar Popovers with Honey Butter – the simple melt-in-your-mouth popovers that are roll your eyes back delicious. These easy popovers are light, airy, swirled with browned butter, sharp cheddar cheese, and spicy jalapeños. Each airy roll is wonderful right out of the oven with a smear of salted, sweet honey butter. Everyone loves this updated summer version.
Popovers are one of the recipes I know like the back of my hand. In fact, they were one of the very first recipes I ever learned how to bake. Once I had the recipe down, I served them that very same year for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner. They were the first dish to dissapear from the table. To say that they were a huge hit with my family would be an understatement.
My mom has been making popovers however long before me. She loves anything that is light, airy, doughy, and well, bready – she loves bread.
Since popovers are a non-yeasted bread, I like to make them on days when I don’t have time to deal with yeast.
I felt like these were the perfect summer roll. Something about the combination of jalapeños and cheddar cheese reminds me of summer BBQ food. They’re perfect when served alongside ribs, grilled chicken, burgers, and corn.
But they’re also great for everything from breakfast to Sunday night dinner.
The first step is to brown some butter to add additional flavor to the popover batter. I adore the pairing of nutty brown butter, cheddar cheese, and jalapeños.
While the butter is browning, position an oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Popovers rise a lot so it’s important to give them room! Add a pat of butter to each popover cup and then place the pan in the oven to preheat. Heating the popover pan ensures the popovers will pop in the oven.
If you don’t have a popover pan, you can use a standard-size muffin pan, the popovers will just be minis. Still delicious, just smaller.
For the batter, mix milk, flour, and eggs in with the cooled, browned butter. Add grated sharp cheddar cheese and a finely chopped spicy jalapeño.
Then just bake in the preheated pan and wait until they puff up in the oven.
I’d say this is optional, but really, it’s not. You just have to smear this all over your warm popovers. It’s the most indulgent addition, and it’s absolutely what your popover needs. The sweetness balances out the spice.
Plus, you can never have too much butter on a warm popover.
As mentioned, these make for a great breakfast, afternoon snack, or side. They truly elevate any picnic, BBQ, or dinner you’re hosting.
You really can’t go wrong with these!
Looking for other savory bread recipes? Try these.
Soft Garlic Herb Cheddar Cheese Bread
Browned Butter Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins
Lastly, if you make these Jalapeño Cheddar Popovers with Honey Butter, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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Like all of your recipes I loved this! The flavor of these was heavenly! But they didn’t rise. Used a muffin tin but otherwise followed it to the letter. Any advice for another try?
These were so yummy!! The honey butter is a must!
Hey Kristi,
Right?! That honey butter is so good!! Thanks for making this recipe, love to hear that it was enjoyed! xTieghan
I made this today to go with 4th of July dinner and it was delicious and a big hit! The popovers turned out perfectly and the honey butter was a really tasty addition! Thanks for the great recipe!
Hey Stephanie,
Fantastic!! I love to hear that this recipe was a winner, thanks for trying it out! I hope you had a great holiday weekend!🎆
These were amazing and I even misread the recipe and only used 1/2 cup flour instead of 1 and 1/2 cups. Now I don’t know what to do because they were just so good, even with the mistake! Maybe I”ll double to flour amount I used to one cup and see how that is next time.
Hey Emmie,
Fantastic!! I love to hear that this recipe was a winner, thanks for trying it out! I hope you had a great holiday weekend!🎆
These were phenomenal! I made the honey butter, but they don’t even need it. They are so good!
Hey Taryn,
Fantastic!! I love to hear that this recipe was a winner, thanks for trying it out! I hope you had a great holiday weekend!🎆