Last week, I came across Natalie’s Pre-Made Our Way challenge at Oven Love. I am a big fan of making things from scratch, so I was immediately interested in participating in the challenges. Fortunately for me, Natalie extended the May challenge until Sunday (May 30th) so I was able to squeeze in my blog post in time!
The May challenge is to bake homemade Pop Tarts. My first instinct was to make a smores pop tart – making a graham cracker flavored dough stuffed with marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips. However, when I was telling my husband about the challenge, he immediately said that he wanted raspberry Pop Tarts. I think I might have given him a less than thrilled look since I already had my mind set on the smores variety. However, after some consideration, I decided to use his raspberry idea.
When all was said and done, I ended up baking adult Pop Tarts with a raspberry filling made with some white chocolate liqueur. Instead of making a glaze for the top, I melted some white chocolate chips and drizzled them over the baked Pop Tarts. I pretty much followed the original recipe for the dough. You can view the original recipe by clicking on the badge below. Overall, I was happy with how they turned out… my husband was pleased, as well.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon water
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 2 tablespoons white chocolate liqueur
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 tablespoons cold water
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside (or line with parchment paper… I would have done that, but it turns out I didn’t have any on hand).
In a small sauce pan, combine the frozen raspberries, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of water. Heat over low heat to thaw out raspberries. In a small dish, combine the remaining teaspoon of water and teaspoon of cornstarch, whisking to remove any lumps. Add to the raspberry mixture. Raise the temperature and bring to a boil. Cook for about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and stir in the white chocolate liqueur. Set aside to cool while preparing the dough.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt. Add the chunks of butter and mix with a pastry blender (or your fingers) until the mixture is crumbly. Gradually add one tablespoon of cold water at a time, tossing with the butter and flour mixture. Continue to add water until all of the flour and butter mixture is moistened and a dough forms (approximately 4 tablespoons total). Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll to 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut the dough into rectangles (I think mine were about 3 inches by 4 inches). Place a heaping tablespoon of the filling in the center of one rectangle of dough. Cover with an additional rectangle, and seal the edges by crimping with a fork. Repeat until all of the dough has been used (I was able to make 6 Pop Tarts).
Arrange the Pop Tarts on the prepared baking sheet, and bake for 7-8 minutes. Allow the Pop Tarts to cool on the pan for a few minutes, and then transfer to wire racks to cool entirely.
Once cooled, place the white chocolate chips and the teaspoon of shortening in a small microwaveable bowl. Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds at a time until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Drizzle the white chocolate over the cooled Pop Tarts. Allow 5-10 minutes for the white chocolate to harden.
They look so good!! Great idea and thanks for participating!
Jen, These LOOK AMAZING! You make it look so easy too. I can’t wait to make these! My kids are going to love them. TY!
Yum! I think those look wonderful and I would gladly have one any morning for breakfast … or under a scoop of ice cream as a dessert! Just lovely!
I can’t believe how easy you made these look! The perfect snack!
I love how you made it “adult” by using the white chocolate liquer…perfect with raspberries!
I used to love pop-tarts! These look a 100 times better than the store bought. The pastry looks so yummy! And what a great idea to use liqueur!
Those pop-tarts look awesome!! i used to eat them religiously. Now when I eat them I find them too sweet. These look way healthier and much more delicious! The added bonus is the liqueur. Yummy!!
Unbelievable!
I have to show my kids the home made – it’s look amazing thank you for sharing.
Homemade pop tarts – how wonderful! I love the raspberry white chocolate flavor!
Wow. Wow. Wow
These pop tarts look out of this world! Thanks for sharing. I especially love the white chocolate raspberry combination! For similar heavenly chocolate combinations, check out Dove Chocolate Discoveries’ webpage.
Hats off on your accomplishment with these pop tarts! They look fantastic; perfectly shaped and adorned with the white chocolate icing. Yum!
Oh wow amazing!!! These looks a million times better than anything that comes out of a box!
Those look so yummy! I love the idea of making them adult pop tarts since often kids don’t really care if it is from a box or homemade!