Pop Tarts Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Sift flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, and salt together into a bowl. Cut in chilled butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles small peas. Add vanilla. Mix in cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough comes together and forms a ball.
• Divide dough into 2 pieces and wrap with plastic wrap; chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Beat softened butter, 1/4 cup sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl to make filling.
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut dough into rectangles with a knife. Drop 1 tablespoon of filling onto half of the rectangles. Cover with remaining rectangles. Press edges with a fork to seal. Poke a few holes in the top of each pastry with a toothpick.
• Arrange pastries on the lined baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool pastries on a wire rack, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Cut puff pastry along fold lines and then in half, making 6 rectangular pieces.
• Coat edges of one section of pastry with egg wash (egg and milk whisked).
• Place desired amount of filling (we used equal parts of each jam) in the center and spread, leaving room on the edges.
• Then place a second piece of puff pastry on top, Push the edges of the two pastry pieces together with your fingers and then press with a fork to seal.
• Bake on wax paper at 190°C (375°F) for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.
• For icing, mix all ingredients together. Add additional milk or sugar to achieve desired consistency. Apply to slightly cooked pastries.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Make the dough:
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt.
• Work in the butter until the mixture holds together when you squeeze it, with pecan-sized lumps of butter still visible.
• Mix the egg and milk, and add it to the dough, mixing just until everything is mixed.
• Divide the dough in half; each half will weigh about 10 ounces.
• Shape each half into a rough 3" x 5" rectangle, smoothing the edges.
• Roll out immediately; or wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
• Make the filling:
• Whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, and flour.
• Assemble the tarts:
• If the dough has been chilled, remove it from the refrigerator and allow it to soften and become workable, about 15 to 30 minutes.
• Place one piece on a lightly floured work surface, and roll it into a rectangle about 1/8" thick, large enough that you can trim it to an even 9" x 12".
• (Laying a 9" x 13" pan atop the dough will give you an idea if you've rolled it large enough.).
• Trim off the edges; place the scraps on a baking sheet, and set them aside, along with the 9" x 12" rectangle of dough.
• Roll the second piece of dough just as you did the first.
• Press the edge of a ruler into the dough you've just rolled, to gently score it in thirds lengthwise and widthwise; you'll see nine 3" x 4" rectangles.
• Beat the egg, and brush it over the entire surface of the dough.
• Place a heaping tablespoon of filling into the center of each marked rectangle.
• Place the second sheet of dough atop the first, using your fingertips to press firmly around each pocket of jam, sealing the dough well on all sides.
• Press the tines of a fork all around the edge of the rectangle.
• Cut the dough evenly in between the filling mounds to make nine tarts.
• Press the cut edges with your fingers to seal, then press with a fork, to seal again.
• Gently place the tarts on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Prick the top of each tart multiple times with a fork; you want to make sure steam can escape, or the tarts will become billowy pillows rather than flat toaster pastries.
• Refrigerate the tarts (they don't need to be covered) for 30 minutes, while you preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Sprinkle the dough trimmings with cinnamon-sugar; these have nothing to do with your toaster pastries, but it's a shame to discard them, and they make a wonderful snack.
• While the tarts are chilling, bake these trimmings for 13 to 15 minutes, till they're golden brown.
• Remove the tarts form the fridge, and bake them for 25 to 35 minutes, until they're a light golden brown.
• Remove them from the oven, and allow them to cool on the pan.
• Variations: Instead of brown sugar and cinnamon, fill the tarts with a tablespoonful of chocolate chips.
• Or with jam filling: 3/4 cup (8 ounces) raspberry jam.
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water.
• To make the filling, mix the jam with the cornstarch/water in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, and simmer, stirring, for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, and set aside to cool. Use to fill the pastry tarts.

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor, combine all-purpose flour, granulated sugar and coarse salt and pulse until combined. Add butter and pulse until the mixture is the texture of coarse meal with some larger pea-sized pieces of butter. Add 6 tablespoons of the of ice water to the mixture and pulse just until the dough is evenly moistened. You should be able to squeeze a bit of the dough together and have it hold. Add up to two more tablespoons of water if necessary, but don't let the dough get too wet. Divided the dough in half onto two pieces of plastic wrap. Shape each half into a square, wrap well and chill for at least 2 hours.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 8 1/2-inch-by- 12 1/2 inch rectangle. Trim 1/4 inch off each edge then cut the dough into 8 rectangles. Transfer the rectangles to a baking sheet and repeat with the remaining disc of dough.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F Make an egg wash by beating 1 egg well. Brush the edges of half of the rectangles with the egg wash. Add 1 tablespoon of the jam to each of those rectangles and spread it out leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top each of these rectangles with another and use a fork to seal the edges. Cut three small slits in the top of each tart to vent steam.
• Transfer the tarts to two parchment-lined baking sheets and brush them with egg wash. Bake until deep golden brow, 20 to 24 minutes. Transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Add a bit more milk for a thinner glaze, if you like. Use a spoon to spread a bit of glaze on the top of each tart. Sprinkle with sanding sugar and serve immediately or let the tarts stand at room temperature until the glaze has set, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• Filling: Add all your ingredients, except the butter, into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and stir until boiling, Boil for about 5 minutes, or until your mixture thickens. Chill your filling in the fridge until it is completely cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Crust: Mix together your salt and flour in a bowl. Cut in your butter and mix together by hand or with a pastry cutter, or in the bowl of your electric mixer. Mix until you have a crumbly mixture with pea-sized chunks. Do not overmix. Add in your water, 2 tablespoons at a time, until you have a soft dough.
• Flour your work surface and roll the dough out thinly. Cut the dough into rectangles, about 2 by 4 inches each. Place 4 of your rectangles on a baking sheet. Leaving the others set aside.
• Spread about 1 tbsp filling on each rectangle. Place ½ tsp of butter over your filling and place a rectangle you have set aside directly over it and flatten the edges together with a fork. Do this with remaining rectangles.
• Brush a thin layer of milk over each pop tart. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the crust is flaky and lightly browned.
• Let cool on cooling racks. After they have cooled, brush icing over top and decorate as desired. Serve.