This may be a bold statement, but, these are the best Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts. These adorable little treats might be small in size, but they are huge on flavor. Homemade strawberry filling is tucked inside an easy-to-make buttery pastry, and finished with a simple vanilla glaze.
For Pop Tart Dough:
Strawberry Filling:
Vanilla Glaze:
Make the Dough:
Make the Strawberry Filling:
Prepare the Pop Tarts:
Bake and Frost the Pop Tarts:
Pop tarts will keep, covered, at room temperature, for about 3 days.
Weighing your flour is the most accurate way to measure. If you aren't going to weigh it, make sure to spoon it into the cup, and then level it off. If you scoop the flour out with the measuring cup and then level, it could change the outcome of the final product.
This strawberry filling recipe yields more than you will need for the pop tarts. You can use the extra strawberry filling in other pastries, breads, with ice cream, with oatmeal or even in place of jam on bread. Or, you can use it to make more pop tarts! It also freezes well.
Be mindful of the pop tart pastry getting too warm. If the butter in the dough has gotten soft, the dough will be difficult to roll out and hard to fill. Use the refrigerator if necessary in between steps.
Avoid overfilling the pop tarts with too much strawberry. Just like store-bought pop tarts, the resulting pastry should have a thin layer of filling. Overfilling may cause the filling to leak out and create a mess.
Follow all instructions for sealing the pastry together to ensure the shape of the pop tarts is maintained during baking. The final step of using a pastry bench scraper to trim the edges is crucial for cleaning them up and sealing the pastry. Avoid using a knife, as it will cut through the pastry. If you don't have a bench scraper, you can use a dull tool like a ruler.
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