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Homemade pop tarts

Makes 8 pastries.

Recipe bywjf.morris
BakingNon-sourdough
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Total time3 hr 5 min
DifficultyModerate
Community ratingNew recipe
Whole recipe42.0g protein
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Serves
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Method

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  1. 01

    Read, weigh and prepare

    5 minHands-on

    Read the full method, check the stated equipment and prepare every listed ingredient. Keep dough, filling, wash, topping and handling groups separate. Weigh edible parts as described in the ingredient list.

  2. 02

    Make pastry

    8 minHands-on

    Rub pastry butter into pastry flour, icing sugar and salt, leaving a few small flakes. Add pastry egg and enough pastry water to bring together, then flatten and wrap.

  3. 03

    Chill pastry

    30 minHands-off · check as directed

    Chill for 30 minutes.

  4. 04

    Cut rectangles

    8 minHands-on

    Roll pastry to about 3 mm thick and cut matching bases and lids about 8 × 12 cm according to pastry yield. Gather scraps gently. Put bases on lined trays.

  5. 05

    Fill and seal

    10 minHands-on

    Mix filling jam with cornflour. Divide filling between bases, leaving a 1 cm border. Brush borders with finish egg, cover with lids, press closed, crimp with a fork and prick tops.

  6. 06

    Start heating the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Heat the oven to 170°C fan.

  7. 07

    Allow the oven to heat

    14 minHands-off · check as directed

    Allow about 15 minutes of heating in total and check that the oven has reached 170°C fan.

  8. 08

    Chill assembled pastries

    15 minHands-off · check as directed

    Chill for 15 minutes while the oven heats.

  9. 09

    Glaze

    2 minHands-on

    Brush lightly with finish egg.

  10. 10

    Load the prepared bake

    2 minHands-on

    Check the oven has reached the stated setting and carefully put in the prepared tray or tin.

  11. 11

    Bake pastries

    23 minHands-off · check as directed

    Bake at 190°C conventional / 170°C fan for 20–25 minutes until golden and crisp.

  12. 12

    Take out of the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Take the bake out of the oven and set it on a heatproof surface.

  13. 13

    Cool

    45 minHands-off · check as directed

    Cool completely before icing; allow about 45 minutes.

  14. 14

    Ice pastries

    5 minHands-on

    Mix finish icing sugar, finish vanilla and enough finish water for thick icing. Spread on cold pastries and add optional sprinkles.

  15. 15

    Set icing

    30 minHands-off · check as directed

    Leave for 30 minutes until set.

Equipment check

2 items required

  • Rolling pin
  • two lined trays

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