Homemade Pop Tarts

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1/2 cup jam (your choice)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 ounces milk, to thin
• candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°f
• 2 combine flour and salt in a large bowl. add shortening and butter and blend with a fork, pastry cutter, or your hands. blend until mixture is fairly coarse. add water, 1 tablespoons at a time, gently mixing dough after each addiction until dough forms a ball.
• 3 place dough on a lightly floured surface and roll into a square/rectangle. to about 1/8 thickness. cut out long strips about 2 inches wide and 3 inches long. repeat until dough runs out.
• 4 take one pie crust rectangle and lace 1 teaspoons of jam on top. cover with another piece of pie crust and crimp all four edges. repeat with the rest of dough. place pop-tarts on a baking sheet with parchment paper, and bake for 7-8 minutes.
• 5 while pop-tarts are baking, make glaze. place powdered sugar in a bowl. pour milk slowing until it has a consistency of really thick syrup. 1/2 a tablespoons to 1 tablespoons might be enough.
• 6 once pop-tarts are done and cooled, top with glaze. sprinkle and decorate with colorful sprinkle.