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Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts | These homemade Pop Tarts need 2 ingredients and a little homemade icing to add the perfect treat to a brunch, shower, or valentine's party menu.
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Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

These homemade Pop Tarts need 2 ingredients and a little homemade icing to add the perfect treat to a brunch, shower, or valentine's party menu.

Ingredients

  • 2 rolled premade pie crusts
  • strawberry jelly or jam
  • egg wash
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water or milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Flour your surface, and slightly roll out the pie crust, just to remove ripples and flatten crust to the same width.
  • Using a pizza cutter, cut curved edges off of crust to make a big square.
  • Cut the square into four sections.
  • At this point, you should have the outline for 6 pockets when folded over.
  • Add no more than 1 tablespoon of jam to the middle of one half of the cutout.
  • Poke a few holes in what will be the "top" of the tart using a fork.
  • Fold over the other half of the cut out.
  • Using a fork, seal the three open edges of the shapes by pressing down on the crust edge to join them.
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-cooking spray.
  • Brush tops of tarts lightly with an egg wash.
  • Place pop tarts on cooking tray.
  • Bake at 375 for 15 minutes and check for coloring.
  • Add an additional 2-3 minutes for desired doneness.
  • Remove tarts from the oven and let cool on cooking sheet.
  • Mix together the powdered sugar and milk or water.
  • Once the tarts have cooled completely, spoon the icing over the tops and spread out across the shape.
  • Allow icing to harden for a couple hours before placing in any type of airtight container.

Notes

So, these things can be a little tricky. I would recommend only doing rectangle or circle shapes. I found out on my second attempt that hearts are a hard shape to seal and keep all the jam inside. You will want to press down and make sure there are no breaks in your seal along the edges, especially at corners.
You can add sprinkles to the tops of the icing before it hardens.