Pop-Tarts®

Name: Pop-Tarts®
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Makes 9 small pop-tarts®
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1–2 tablespoons boiling water; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 120 g (4¼ oz) chocolate, cut into pieces; 2½ tablespoons cold water; 1½ teaspoons lemon juice; 250 g (9 oz/1⅔ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour (or 235 g/8½ oz plain (all-purpose) flour + 3 teaspoons cocoa powder for the chocolate Pop-Tarts®); 110 g (3¾ oz) blueberry jam; 1 teaspoon water; chocolate sprinkles or coloured cachous, for sprinkling; 110 g (3¾ oz) whole blueberries; 70 ml (2¼ fl oz) thin (pouring) cream; 25 g (1 oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 125 g (4½ oz/½ cup) cold unsalted butter, diced; 225 g (8 oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 85 g (3 oz/¼ cup) raspberry jam; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 egg yolk

Preparation info

Makes
9
small pop-tarts®

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

This is a home-made version of one of my favourite snacks from when I was a child, the mass-produced toaster pastries popularised by Kellogg’s® under the name Pop-Tarts®.

Ingredients

Dough

125 g (4½ oz/½ cup) cold unsalted butter, diced
250

Americas
United States
Dessert
Snack
Pie
New York
Vegetarian

Method

The Dough

Cut the butter into the dry ingredients (plain for the jam or with cocoa for the chocolate Pop-Tarts®) using a food processor or knife. Next, incorporate the water and lemon juice by hand until you have a smooth dough. Roll into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

The Choco

Part of

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