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Homemade Pop-Tarts

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Need a quick, homemade delicious breakfast your kids will love? Nothing is easier than homemade pop-tarts (ok, cereal is slightly easier). This morning I used a 1/2 batch of leftover pie dough (from the weekend's Wake-Up Pie); however, it would be easy enough to make the dough the night before and just leave it in the fridge overnight. 

All you need to do is break off a bit of dough, then roll it out into a rectangle on a floured surface. Spoon a heaping TBS of jam on half the dough. Fold the dough over, seal the edges with a fork, and prick a couple of air holes. Glaze it with egg wash; cream; or, if you like a little frosting, powdered sugar mixed with a little milk. If you really want to be fancy you can sprinkle it with decorator's sugar (or raw sugar).  Bake at 400F for about 20 minutes. Oh, yum! 

Today we made a couple wild blueberry and a couple Cape Cod cranberry. I used an egg wash and a tiny sprinkle of regular sugar on top. 

I was thinking that a savory pop-tart would be fantastic as well, like bacon & cheese, or sausage, or one with red pepper and sweet potato hash.

Comments (7)

Jan 19, 2010
Anna said...
Or CRAB!!! Sounds like another recipe to make with the kiddies especially if the dough is already made.
Jan 19, 2010
Erika said...
Haha! Actually, I did suggest to Emmy's teacher that this might be a fun thing to cook in the classroom cooking sessions. I was thinking they might like to make pie dough. It's so easy and they can do it with their hands. The problem is cooking the pop tarts, no real oven to use...
Jan 19, 2010
Anna said...
You could bring MANY toaster ovens!! I have one. xoxo Or they each take home their pop tart and cook it at home.
Jan 19, 2010
Erika said...
So Emmy's teacher is totally going for it! I may need to borrow your toaster oven!
Jan 19, 2010
Anna said...
No problem. xoxo
Jan 21, 2010
Erika said...
I made a savory version yesterday for lunch. Onion, red pepper, yam, and goat cheese. Perfect hot lunch!
Mar 02, 2010
So I'm modifying this to try to make pizza pockets. I'll let you know how it goes!

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