Pop Tart
By: Zomppa
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7:56pm

Ingredients




Pie dough (can buy prepared, but suggest you make your own)
Cherry Jam (or whatever jam you like)
1 teaspoon egg mixed with 1  of water, mixed well
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

Preparation

1 Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. 2 Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat 3 Floor your board very well.  Roll your pie dough out to to 12X8.  Using a floured knife, cut the dough into mini-rectangles that are about 3X4 inches.   You should have 8 mini-rectangles – enough to make a total of 4 pop tarts. 4 Place about 2 tablespoons of jam in the middle of 4 of the mini-rectangles. 5 Then, place the jam-less rectangles on top of the jam-filled rectangles 6 Press the edges of the tarts with a floured fork to seal the edges. 7 Poke a couple of small holes on top of the tarts with your fork to allow steam to escape. 8 Lightly brush the tops of the tarts with the egg wash. 9 Then sprinkle each tart with sugar. 10 Place in oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until the tarts are brown along the edges and the jam has oozed out a bit! 11 Cool for about 5 minutes and then eat with tea!

About


In the whirlwind of excitement, I decided to make some homemade pop-tarts.  Random, I know.  I took the scraps I had left from the dough I used to make the French Apple Tart.   While it certainly isn’t the most gorgeous looking pop-tart on the planet, it was a quick and delicious way to make use of scraps.  I used cherry jam, but please feel free to use whatever suits your fancy.