Homemade Apple Pop Tart Recipe

The idea of biting into a flaky pastry that has fruit inside it sends you back in time in a flash. Perhaps it is the warm bitterness of cinnamon and apples or the good satisfying crunch of a golden crust. To most of us, the pop tart was a breakfast food that was placed in our lunchboxes or they were consumed fresh out of the toaster and went to school. So right now we are taking this old-school dessert and giving it a DIY makeover, the Apple Pop Tart.

This is not a passable, everyday snack that you can find in a shop. Homemade Apple Pop Tart provides several layers of simple decadence which can be filled with spiced apples goody and enveloped in a butter and flaky crust. Regardless of whether you are using them to kick-start a weekend brunch or you are baking up a storm with the little ones, or you just happen to treat yourself to a quick snack, the result will be a just right sweet and sour, crispy and soft balanced flavour.

Homemade pop tarts also allow you to make choices about ingredients unlike their cousins on the shelves of your local stores. You can use fresh apples, vary the amount of sweetness you find suitable and then drizzle a cinnamon glaze on top that is literally impossible not to be tempted to eat. Not only this, they are not as difficult to create as you would imagine. Using a few pantry ingredients and some fresh fruit, you will make a dessert that will taste it was baked right in the bakery, except even better.

You can also be creative when creating your own Apple Pop Tart. Crunch them up with nuts or replace the drizzle with caramel or create little bites so that you can take them on your way. They also freeze well, so you can have the most delicious homemade pastry at your disposal, when the urge strikes.

A childhood memory or merely a lover of the great breakfast pastry, this recipe of Apple Pop Tart is the solution. It is time to get our sleeves rolled up to get into the tasty business of how to prepare it using scratch.

Homemade Apple Pop Tart Ingredients

This is everything you will require to prepare 6 to 8 pop tarts:

Ingredients required [Pastry Dough]:

• 2 1 / 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon of sugar in granules
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup non salted butter (cold and cut into chunks)
• 6-8 tablespoons ice water

To make the Apple filling:

• 2 medium apples (wooed, cored, and finely chopped –Granny Smith is good in this recipe)
• 2 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar, granulated
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tbsp. of lemon juice
• 1 tables corn-starch (optional to thicken)

For Assembly:

1 egg (beaten, to use as egg wash)

• A tablespoon of milk (to amalgamate with a one-egg)

To the Glaze (Optional and Recommended):

• 1/2 pose to learner sugar
• 1-2  tablespoons (tablespoon) milk
• 1 -4 teaspoon cinnamon
• Few scraps of vanilla extract

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Recipe on How to Prepare Apple Pop Tart

Step1: Before making bread, the dough has to be prepared.

Flour, sugar and salt should be whisked together in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the cold, cubed butter and cut it with a pastry cutter or your fingers into the dry ingredients until the result is the consistency of coarsely chopped butter. Add an ice water, 1 tablespoonful at a time, until the dough can be pressed together.

Roll out the dough, cut into half then make them into a disk form whereby one wraps the plastic wrap then goes into the refrigerator to cool therein at least 30 minutes.

Step 2: Fill the Apple Filling

As the dough is cooling off, make the apple filling. Mix the peeled and chopped apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Cook it on medium heat constantly stirring it after every few minutes till it becomes mashed and soft and the mixture thickens after an approximately 10 minutes of time. In case it is not thick enough add the corn-starch and continue cooking for a further minute.

Take off the heat and allow the filling to cool down.

Step 3: Rolling and cutting the dough

Heat your oven to 375 o F (190 o C). Lay some parchment paper on a baking sheet.

Roll one of the pieces of dough into a thin disk, about 1 8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Slice to rectangles (approximately 3 inch by 4 inch). Do the same using a second disk. All in all, you will have around 12-16 squares, that will make either 6 or 8 pop tarts.

Step 4: Put the Pop Tarts together

Put some half of the rectangles on the ready baking sheet. Add about 1-2 tablespoons of apple filling in the middle of each at a distance leaving a small margin at edges. Apply egg wash on the edges and cover with the remaining rectangles.

Crimp the edges using a fork and seal pop tarts. First, prick the top with a fork, so that steam can come out, then brush the tops with extra egg wash to make them a golden final product.

Step 5: Bake till Perfect

Place in the already preheated oven and bake 20 25 mines or until pop tarts are a golden brown colour and the sides are crispy. Take off the oven and leave them to cool a little bit on a wire rack.

Step 6: Glaze (This is optional)

Combine powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and milk, in a small bowl to make a smooth glaze. Put a drizzle on the cooled pop tarts and allow it to dry up a little bit for about 10-15 minutes before serving.

Final Thoughts

Baking of a homemade Apple Pop Tart is not only about baking, but it is also the art of creating a memory, in layers that are flaky. These pastries can be complimented with breakfast, a snack in the middle of the day or even as a dessert. They are freezeable, adaptive, and full of that delicious home-made charm and taste that you just cannot find in a box.

In the delicious aroma of cinnamon and apples catching your nostrils in your kitchen you will ask yourself why you ever thought to use a store-bought version at all. And the more time and energy to make them from scratch, it is done without preservatives and without artificial flavourings, but with real ingredients and with real taste.

The next time you feel you need something to warm your heart, go right past the toaster and make your own batch of Apple Pop Tarts. Your taste buds (and inner child) will not hate you.