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Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts

January 18, 2016

If you love pop tarts, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients! | breakfast for dinner

Okay, I have to be honest with you and tell you that I was never allowed to eat Pop Tarts as a kid. “Too much sugar!” my mom would say, shaking her head.

I also wasn’t allowed sugary cereals for breakfast – if sugar was the first ingredient in the ingredients list, it was banned from my childhood breakfast table. (Way to go, mom! My adult self thanks you!)

Now that I’m an adult (how did that happen?!) I shop for my own groceries and can buy breakfast pastries galore – but considering that Pop Tarts have 456,264,196 unpronounceable ingredients in them, I’d rather make my own!

If you love pop tarts, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients! | breakfast for dinner

If you love breakfast pastries, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients! | breakfast for dinner

Enter my Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts!

Sweet raspberry jam is surrounded by flaky sour cream pastry, creating the ultimate grab-and-go breakfast.

Feel free to use your favourite jam flavour – I also love these with strawberry jam, blackberry jam, or apricot jam.

If you love pop tarts, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients! | breakfast for dinner

Pop one in the toaster and bite into the flaky pastry and warm jam ooziness. Or eat them for snack. Or dessert. Or all of the above. I won’t judge.

*Wipes crumbs off keyboard*

If you love pop tarts, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients!

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If you love pop tarts, then you will love these Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavor without the fake ingredients! | breakfast for dinner
Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
 
If you like Pop Tarts, you will love my Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts! All the flavour without all the fake ingredients!
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: hand pie, pastry, pop tart, raspberry
Servings: 6 pop tarts
Author: breakfast for dinner
Ingredients
For the pastry
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup cold sour cream
For the filling
  • raspberry jam
For the tops
  • 1 egg
Instructions
To make the pastry
  1. In your food processor, add flour, salt, and baking powder and pulse briefly until combined. Add butter pieces and pulse until crumbly. Add sour cream and pulse briefly until dough comes together.
  2. (If you don't have a food processor, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add the butter, working it in with a pastry cutter or 2 knives until crumbly. Leave most of the butter in large, pea-sized pieces. Gently stir in the sour cream; the dough may still be crumbly.)
  3. Turn your dough out onto a floured work surface, and bring it together with a few quick kneads.
  4. Pat the dough into a rough log, and roll it into an 8″ x 10″ rectangle. Dust both sides of the dough with flour, and starting with a shorter end, fold it in three like a business letter.
  5. Flip the dough over, give it a 90° turn on your work surface, and roll it again into an 8″ x 10″ rectangle. Fold it in three again.
  6. Wrap the dough, and chill for at least 30 minutes before using.
To assemble the pop tarts
  1. Preheat your oven to 425°F and place a rack on the middle shelf. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Roll out the dough into a 12" x 16" rectangle. Using a knife, cut out twelve 4" squares (or whatever dimensions you like - just make sure you have a top and a bottom for each pop tart!)
  3. Spoon 2 tablespoons raspberry jam onto 6 of the pastry squares.
  4. Cut a vent (or poke with a fork) into each of the remaining 6 squares, then top each pop tart with a vented square, and press along the edges with the tines of a fork to seal.
  5. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, and brush the egg mixture over the tops of each pie. Transfer the pies to the prepared baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in your 425°F oven. Let cool.
  • Reply
    Carmella
    January 26, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    Wow, these look sooooo good! That pastry looks perfect AND homemade?? I’m seriously drooling. Homemade poptarts are definitely on my list of things to try in my culinary life lol

    • Reply
      breakfastfordinner
      January 26, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      Try them! If you have a food processor to whiz together the dough, they don’t take long at all!

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    Bob Lamb
    July 9, 2023 at 1:05 pm

    Made some (doubled recipe). Turned out great! I added a powdered sugar/milk glaze to them. thanks

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      breakfastfordinner
      August 18, 2023 at 1:00 pm

      Yum, that sounds delish!

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