What is "popovers"

Usage examples of "popovers".

A couple of dozen lisettes, a kind of miniature popovers glazed and stuffed with candied fruit, made, traditionally, for the midsummer day celebration.

He had eaten a good breakfast at his boarding house: a wedge of honeydew melon, an omelette fines herbes with saut‚ed chicken livers, cheese popovers, and three cups of coffee.