Poptarts

A week or so ago we tried our hand at homemade poptarts.

This was our result.....

We started out with a basic pie crust.

Pie Crust

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar 

2/3 cup shortening

6 tablespoons of ice water

1.  Mix flour, sugar and salt.  

2.  Cut in the shortening with a pastry cutter.

3.  Add ice water one tablespoon at a time using only enough to form a ball of dough.

4.  Roll onto a lightly floured surface, cut into rectangles as big as you want your poptarts.

We filled some with our favorite blackberry jam and few others with a mixture of brown sugar, and cinnamon.  I didn't measure here, just went on taste.  Placed our dough rectangles on a parchment lined cookie sheet and filled.  Placed on a lid.  Crimped the edges with a fork and pricked the tops.

Baked in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Schmeared with butter they were pretty tasty.  

What I learned:

1.  Making poptarts at home isn't hard but a little time consuming.  Probably best for a lazy day.

2.  Next time I would try a different crust recipe like THIS one from Smitten Kitchen.  I would also apply some of the great tips included in that post as well.  Had I looked up homemade poptarts before diving in I would have known these tips.  Instead I just went with winging it like everything else I do, then figure out what I did wrong!

3.  Homemade poptarts are so much better than store bought card board-ish poptarts.  At least with this version you know what is in them!

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