to expect my yorkshire pudding to rise!!!

[pjmama]

I'm doing everything Delia says and it still comes out like a biscuit!

Grrrr!

Hot oil, hot oven and don't open the door after they're in, works every time

mmmmm yorkies

what flour are you using? don't open the oven for at least 25 mins. also i find 2 eggs better than one

My nanna always said about the 2 egg thing as well. But if it makes you feel any better I once mangaged to make mine rise beautifully, but they had no bottoms, don't ask how??

You need a very hot oven and very hot oil. I put the hot tin on the hob, gas lit, when pouring in the mixture.

Do not open the oven for at least 20 minutes once batter is in.

I use a whisk to get lots of air into my batter when making it too, and just before pouring it into the tin.

175g plain sifted flour, 2 eggs, 100ml water, 200ml semi skimmed milk. All whisked together nicely and popped in smoking hot beef dripping in an oven set at 220C.

I am a bit suspicious that my oven might not be getting right up to temp anymore - would that alone scupper the rising, even if the fat was stinking hot before adding the batter?

I'm a tragic cow and I'm boring myself...

...and my peas have just boiled over whilst I've been faffing about on MN! I wish I were a domestic goddess, but I'm just not

sounds a bit odd, especially if the fat was really hot. you definitely didn't open the oven?

Delia's recipe always works, so it sounds like it's your ovven temp not getting hot enough.

also have the mixture of salad cream thickness.

I'd better get the cooker looked at then, if I seem to be doing everything else right!

Thanks everyone!

The DCs ate it anyway btw, so I guess it can't have been THAT bad