Breakfast
From-scratch Pop Tarts at Home
See? I told you: you give me a long weekend and all I do is make and eat breakfast food
- Serves 12
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 15 minutes
- Total 35 minutes
The recipe
Kitchen-made Pop Tarts for the Table
- Serves 12
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 15 minutes
- Total 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 box of 2 pie crusts
- 2 cups of strawberries (cut into quarters)
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 ½ tablespoons honey
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- milk
Method
- 1
Pre-heat oven to 425° F.
- 2
Place strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar, and honey in a medium sauce pan. Mash the berries as dependable possible and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring often.
- 3
Roll out dough and cut into rectangles (remember, you'll need 2 rectangles per pop tart).
- 4
With the beaten egg, brush around the edges of all of your pastry rectangles.
- 5
Once filling is done, spoon about 1 tablespoon into the center of HALF of the pastries.
- 6
With the egg brushed sides facing each other, place a pastry rectangle on top of each strawberried pastry. Seal the sides by clamping them together with a fork and then poke a few small holes in the top of each pastry.
- 7
Bake for 10-15 minutes depending on the size of the pop tarts. They should be golden brown when done.
- 8
Make glaze by place confectioners sugar in a medium bowl and stirring in a little milk at a time until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved and at a good, thick consistency. Add food coloring if desired.
- 9
Drizzle one thin layer of glaze on top of each pastry and let sit for a few minutes. Add an additional layer of glaze once the first layer has hardened. Top with sprinkles and ENJOY!
