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Homemade Valentine’s Pop Tarts for Your Sweetheart
I am having a blast with holiday themed treats now that my daughter understands all of the fun surrounding the holidays. She is at that fun age where she gets into the arts and crafts stuff, cutting out paper hearts, making chains of construction paper, and clipping tons of doily snowflakes for our windows. When it came time to think of a fun Valentine’s Day food craft I was inspired by Brooke’s Pumpkin Pop Tarts and decided to try my own version of Valentine Pop Tarts. The recipe called for pre-made pie crust, which I always have on hand, and I filled them with some homemade strawberry jam. As you can see, our homemade versions came out really well. In fact, the hardest part was waiting until they cooled to start munching on them for a fun treat. They were a delicious snack we all loved, I can already tell you that we’ll be making an Easter version this spring!
Homemade Valentine’s Pop Tarts
1 package of refrigerated pie crust
Glaze:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sugar sprinkles for dusting
1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
2. Transfer the pie crusts to a lightly floured surface and cut it into 2×3 rectangles. It is easiest to measure the pieces with a ruler, score the crust with a knife and cut it with a pizza cutter.
3. Spoon about 2 teaspoons of strawberry jam onto one of the rectangles, leaving about 1/4 inch of space before the edge. Use a cookie cutter or paring knife to cut heart shapes out of the second rectangle. Then place the heart rectangle over the jam and seal the edges together with the tines of a fork. Baking on a cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, then allow to cool.
4. To make the glaze mix the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla in a bowl and add food coloring if desired. Drizzle the glaze over the warm pop tarts and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
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Valentine's Day Recipes | recipegirl.com commented on Feb 09 11 at 6:02 amCookiePie commented on Jan 24 11 at 3:47 pmAdorable!!
Dee D. commented on Jan 24 11 at 8:33 pmWow, these look absolutely adorable and delicious :)
Great and very appropriate for valentines!
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srithasan commented on Jan 25 11 at 10:24 amHappy Valentine Cookies.Lovely to Eat.
emily commented on Jan 25 11 at 6:54 pmThese are super cute!
marla {family fresh coo!king} commented on Jan 26 11 at 8:54 amThese are adorable!! Love the heart shaped cut outs :)
Nicole commented on Jan 31 11 at 10:07 amAdorable! I am definitely making these this week!
Afradidi Zirconsa commented on Feb 09 11 at 10:19 pmOMG! I made these for my baby brother hes 5 and he just gobbled them up GOBBLED THEM UP like the world was ending! i laughed and said OH DARREN i can always count on u! he is my bff he seriously loves POP tarts that i make and he helped me through it when my plant died. and whne my bf dumped me
love ur 16 year old big sissy
afradidi
Gretchen commented on Feb 14 11 at 9:03 amI found this last week and added you and this page to my favorites! So I made these this morning! My son came out and looked at it, looked at me like I was crazy…I said I made you homemade poptarts…..he said, but ‘I don’t like mine cooked”!!!! AHHHH
My 5 year old liked the warm jelly!
Anyway, these were really easy to make but we all agreed that we liked them better without the frosting…strange I know!!
Thanks for the recipe!! It was very ‘sweet’!!!
Rachel commented on Feb 14 12 at 12:56 amCan I store the pie crust rectangles in the fridge and make them the next morning? Also, are they better warm?
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