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Whole wheat pop tarts.

Whole Wheat Pop Tarts

Kate Schat
Forget Taylor Swift - whole grains are where it's at! Whole wheat pop tarts with a quick icing will be the star of the breakfast table.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 20 pastries
Calories 395 kcal

Ingredients
  

For pastry:

  • 5 cups whole wheat pastry flour especially fresh ground soft white wheat
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 lb COLD fat tallow, lard, butter, or a mix!
  • 8 - 10 oz COLD water

For Filling:

  • 1 - 1 ½ cups thick jam/pie filling/jelly

For Icing:

  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

To make the pastry:

  • Measure flour, sugar, and salt into a bowl.
  • Using a cheese grater, grate in your fat, and then mix in the water until you can form the dough into a good ball. You’re going to be wanting it a little wetter than an all-purpose flour pie crust, because the whole wheat flour takes time to soak up the water and hydrate.
  • Let rest on the counter 10 minutes, unless your kitchen is super hot, then pop it in the fridge.
  • Divide the dough in half and on a floured counter roll out to about 14” x 14”- it should be roughly ¼” thick; if not, roll it to be ¼” thick, however large that is.
  • Patch things to make it square, then cut 3” or 4” strips. Cut each of these strips into sections 5-6” long.
  • In the center of each rectangle, put 2 teaspoons jam for smaller squares or 1 tablespoon for bigger. Err on the side of less filling or it spills out and makes a mess.
  • Fold the rectangle over to make it a pocket, and use a fork to crimp the edges.
  • Let chill in freezer or fridge for 20 minutes, and turn your oven on to 425°F to preheat.
  • Bake for 10 minutes, turn pans around, and 10 minutes more for smaller ones or 15 more for bigger…you want the edges to be browning, otherwise the bottoms will be too soft.

Icing:

  • If you want to ice them, let them cool for 15 minutes or so, then you can drizzle icing. I like to move them all onto a piece of parchment close together, so I don't waste icing.
  • Whisk together icing, and drizzle all over 'em!

Notes

  • Use a thicker jam or jelly, or apple butter, anything that doesn't have too high of a water content.
  • Let the pastry cool just enough to eat to ice it. This way it won't completely melt off.
  • You can definitely cut squares and crimp all edges - but why take more time?

Nutrition

Calories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 4gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 389mgPotassium: 141mgFiber: 3gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 576IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
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