Homemade Poptarts
A simple way to make delicious snacks!
Ingredients
Pastry
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 egg
Egg Wash Finish
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp milk
Filling
- Your favorite fruit jam
Instructions
- In a food processor pulse the flour and salt for 2 seconds. Add the butter and pulse a few times until the butter is the size of peas. (Alternatively, grate the butter on a cheese grater and roll flour and butter between your fingers until achieving the same texture.) Add the water and pulse a few more times. The dough will look like a pile of wet crumbs, it does not need to come to a ball. Remove the dough from the food processor and dump on a large piece of Saran wrap. Pick up the corners and twist tightly to make the dough form a solid ball, then press the dough into a disk. If it's still crumbly, gently press with your palms, but do it quickly, you don't want to melt the butter.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie crust dough into an oblong shape, roughly 1/8th of an inch thick. Using a pizza cutter or flour scraper trim edges to form a crisp rectangle. Cut into 8 equal rectangular pieces.
- Whisk together the remaining egg and milk. Brush each piece of dough with egg wash.
- Place 2 Tbsp jam in the center of half of the rectangles. Top each piece with a second piece of dough, egg washed on the inside. Use a fork to crimp the edges. Brush the tops with egg wash and use the fork to poke holes in the top for the steam to release.
- Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
Notes
You can use homemade jam if you so desire, but a good store bought will also be fine.