Homemade Pop Tarts...well, kind of.

My sister sent me a link to a blog with a challenge to make a homemade Pop Tart. I made them today. I would not say these are Pop Tarts, but I will say they are pretty yummy! I guess in reality a Pop Tart is just a mass-produced little pie. So, if you like little pies, you will enjoy this.

Homemade Pop Tarts

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 - 3 tbsp. cold water

1 egg, beaten
Jam (I used strawberry jam and peach butter)


Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Add shortening and butter and blend with pastry cutter. Blend until mixture is fairly coarse. Add water, 1 tbsp. at a time, gently mixing dough after each addiction until dough forms a ball.

Place dough on a lightly floured surface and roll into a square/rectangle. To about 1/8 thickness. Cut out long strips about 2 inches wide and 3 inches long. You can also cut out any other shapes with cookie cutters. I made the peach ones round. Repeat until dough runs out.

Take one pie crust rectangle and place 1 tsp. of jam on top (do not over-fill as the filling will come out the sides). Cover with another piece of pie crust and crimp all edges with a fork. Repeat with the rest of dough. Brush with an egg wash and then sprinkled with sugar. (The original recipe does not do this, but instead glazes them when they come out of the oven.) Place Pop-tarts on a baking sheet with parchment paper, and bake for 8-9 minutes, until just barely browned.
 

Let cool on wire wrack and enjoy!