Homemade Poptarts
Homemade Strawberry Poptarts, these quick and easy breakfast pastries will be a huge hit with the family! Can even be made the night before to bake in the morning.
Does anyone besides me have an obsession with Strawberry Poptarts?? Well, if any of you love those little breakfast treats as much as I do then you’re in luck! I have a recipe here for you to make them at home. Oh yeaaaa. Homemade Poptarts. And pretty gosh darn simple too. Shocking right? Do I make anything complicated? Someday I would like to think that I will have the time to make some super complex recipe that will capture hearts and astound the food community. But until that day, I will be content sitting here at home surrounded by children eating my homemade poptarts.
There’s really only two ingredients needed to make these. Pie crust, and whatever you’re choosing to do as a filling. I even went the cheater way with the pie crust and used the pre-made pie crust from the market. You can of course make your own if you have the desire and the time to do so. I simply cut the rectangles out of the pie crust, you can get 5 out of each crust, you can easily cut out 4, but to get the fifth you will need to gather the scraps and re-roll out the dough. Doing this to each pie crust will give you a total of 5 poptarts. Then it’s just a matter of putting your filling on the side of one of the crust rectangles, dip your fingers in some water to run along the edge, and top with another pie crust. The water simply helps to seal the edges, this helps to keep your filling inside your poptarts! Which I’m a huge fan of. Otherwise it’ll end up a crispy mess on the outside of the poptarts. Hmm..wonder how I figured that one out…
Give these a quick bake in the oven and you will have a homemade breakfast that the whole family will love. Best part, you can make these ahead of time and leave them in the refrigerator overnight, pop them in the oven first thing in the morning, and voila! But, just a warning, this would involve being prepared enough to make them ahead of time the day before. Something I am currently working on. Actually, I am currently working on remembering to prepare the coffee pot the night before so that in the morning I can just hit the button for my coffee. The less brain power involved in the mornings lately, the better off I am. Newborns are hard work. Why do I always forget the lack of sleep part?? Sigh. Oh well, the little fella is super cute.
Homemade Poptarts
Ingredients
- 2 pie crusts
- ⅔ cup strawberry preserves
- Water
Icing
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tsp milk
- 2-3 drops red food coloring
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare pie crust as desired, or use store bought pie crusts. Roll out and cut into 10 rectangular pieces approximately 4 inches by 3 inches. If using store bought pie crust you will need to cut out 4 rectangles, gather the scraps, roll out the dough and cut out the last rectangle. You can get 5 pieces from one store bought pie crust. Place 5 of the pie crusts onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper.
- Scoop approximately 2 tablespoons of strawberry preserves onto the top of one of the pie crust rectangles. Dip your fingertips into some water and run it around the edge of the pie crust. Top with another pie crust rectangle. Press the edges together, the water will help to seal it. Using the prongs of a fork press the edges together again and leave the design around the edges.
- Place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to help set and form, this helps prevent the filling from leaking out. Can be left covered in the refrigerator overnight as well to bake in the morning.
- Bake at 375°F for approximately 15-17 minutes until crust is fully cooked.
- For the frosting mix the powdered sugar, milk, food coloring together. Add more sugar or milk to get to desired consistency.
- Top with sprinkles as desired. Enjoy!
Nutrition
More Breakfast Ideas to Enjoy:
Pina Colada Breakfast Smoothie
Banana Pancakes with Strawberry Butter
I am going to make this the next time we have kids overnight! I will probably take the premade crust and just fold in half and cut with a pizza wheel into thirds, same with the other crust and serve both halves together to make Poptart Pizza! Frost on top everywhere but the edge crust, like a slice of pizza, and sprinkle toppings.
I found it on Amazon. I typed in Ateco Rectangular Cookie Cutter (it’s a 3 piece set). I think it maybe sold as cake cutters but they worked awesome on these! I posted a picture of them on my Breakfast board if you want to see the cutters.
Guess what? I finally found a rectangular cookie cutter! It’s @ 4.5 × 3 so it’s just the right size!
Awesome!!! Where did you find one from??
Do you just cut out the pop-tarts from the crusts or do you use a rectangular cutter? If you have a cutter, where did you find it at? I’ve looked everywhere for one & haven’t been able to find one. Thanks… again! 🙂
I just cut the pie crusts with a knife, or I’ve used a pizza cutter before too. I just laid my daughter’s plastic ruler next to the crust to give me an idea of what size to cut them 🙂 You could even make these into any shape you wanted if you wanted to get creative! Little flower poptarts maybe?!
These look soooo good, I can’t wait to try them! They look so much better than those hard things in a box, though I must confess that I do like the pumpkin pie ones that come out in the fall. Ummm..I might have to experiment with making pumpkin pie ones! Anyway, can these be made then frozen & baked at a later time? 🙂
Hey Gina! I may be obsessed with the Pumpkin Pie ones too!! Check out the newest recipe I put up, the Pumpkin Pie Fries, the filling for those would be perfect for Poptarts! They’re basically the same things, just cut into french fry shapes. And YES! I have frozen these and reheated them later! I heated them in the microwave, they would probably be better heated in the oven, most things are. But I don’t recommend using a toaster, that would probably make a mess. Good luck 🙂
I will definitely be trying those Serene! The pop-tarts probably won’t last long enough around my house to freeze. But I will probably make a double batch (or more) and freeze those for around the holidays when the family comes in!
Love this easy homemade version! I would much rather eat these than those dry pop-tarts from a box I remember throwing away as a kid. Pinned.
What an amazing breakfast treat! I have never liked pop tarts from a box, but these look amazing!
These poptarts look WAY better than anything I ever got out of their box (although I must confess I love the red velvet ones that come out around Valentine’s day). Plus I love how simple they are!
I’ve never had the Red Velvet ones! I’ll have to remember to snag some next year 🙂