Comments on: homemade pop tarts

By: melissa

melissa — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:21:41 +0000

do you have a calorie count for one?

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:26:38 +0000

I tried these for the first time today, and they turned out great.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:55:56 +0000

I am making these!!

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:39:31 +0000

I was imagining a piecrust-type pastry, so I had a moment of panic when I was cutting in the enormous amount of butter and adding so much liquid. It was downright gloppy! The kneading instructions threw me off too. But then I realized that this is much more like a shortbread than a piecrust. Phew! Everything turned out perfectly, and they were a *huge* hit. I’ll need to make these again very soon.

By: C

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:25:16 +0000

Hi im not sure if this is covered in the comments, but urgent question!

gonna make these babies on saturday, but was wondering if i can do up til the step of assembling the tarts, and then refrigerate it in cling wrap and bake the following day?

Thanks :)

By: Robin B

Robin B — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:53:13 +0000

Made this over the weekend and loved them! Another SK recipe home run! My husband loved these too. The dough is wonderful. I substituted 1/2 c whole wheat flour. Instead of making them the traditional rectangle shapes I used a round biscuit cutter and did circles; this made assembly faster.

We ran out so I’m making another batch today; some to eat right away and some to freeze.

By: deb

deb — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:47 +0000

Hi Jeanine -- The simplest frosting would be a powdered sugar (with just enough milk to liquefy it) glaze. However, I have quibbles with those glazes because even when they're set, they can still get muddled and sticky. So, I might recommend more of a royal icing glaze, which, as I'm sure you've seen on decorated cookies, will fully harden once it is dry. I hope that helps!

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:12:25 +0000

There are so many comments, maybe this was covered but maybe not…also I realize this recipe was from last year so I am not sure if you will see this or not but I am going to make these for my daughter’s teacher appreciation breakfast and my husband is worried about frosting (he is a lover of the real pop tarts and they have frosting). So, do you have any frosting suggestions?

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:44:12 +0000

Yours look awesome! I made some homemade pop tarts last week using your recipe as inspiration. I used some regular pie dough (no eggs) I had left over from making quiche. They tasted great dusted with a little powdered sugar and the flakiness was far superior to crumbly store bought pop tarts.
Mine don’t look nearly as appetizing as yours but feel free to check them out:
http://cookingwith-gina.blogspot.com/2012/04/homemade-pop-tarts.html
Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

By: Tegan

Tegan — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:36:17 +0000

I can’t wait to give these a try and add it to my recipe book! This year I am making homemade gifts for everyone, which is a from scratch recipe book. Early in the year I went looking for healthier options for snack foods and after the hunt began I became addicted to finding recipes for packaged foods.