Sweetheart Strawberry Pop Tarts
These Sweetheart Strawberry Pop Tarts are delicious and super cute for Valentines Day!
Servings: 6 pop tarts
Ingredients
For the pop tarts:
- 2 refrigerated pre-made pie crusts
- ½ cup strawberry jam
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 egg
- red, white and pink food dye
- sanding sugar or sprinkles
For the icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp whole milk or heavy cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
For the pop tarts:
- Preheat oven to 400º and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, mix the strawberry jam with cornstarch. Crack the egg into a second small bowl and whisk to create the egg wash.
- Flour a large work surface and lay both pie crusts out on it. Roll the circles out to be 11 inches across. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut the edges off to create two 9-inch squares. Then cut into 6 rectangles per pie dough (12 in total)
- Spoon 2 tablespoons of jam into the center of 6 of the rectangles, leaving about ¼ inch of dough around the edges. Brush the egg wash around the edges. Place pie dough overtop and gently press down and squeeze out the excess air. Use a fork to crimp the edges together on all sides. Repeat with remaining pie crusts.
For decor:
- In two small bowls add 1 teaspoon of water,1 teaspoon of white food dye and then either pink or red. Add more to reach desired color (they will bake up darker than they appear)
- Cut out 80 small hearts from the remaining pie dough (I use 12 around the edges and 1 in the center of each pop tart).
- Brush egg wash over the entire pop tart and add hearts around the edges overtop of the crimping. Use a food grade paint brush to paint the hearts, alternating colors. Do not egg wash over the hearts.
- Bake pop tarts for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown.
- Paint remaining hearts and bake for 6-8 minutes or until baked through.
To decorate:
- Once the pop tarts have cooled for at least ten minutes you can decorate! Whisk powdered sugar, vanilla and milk or cream until it reaches desired consistency. I like spreadable but not too thin. Spread icing on top and immediately sprinkle on sanding sugar or sprinkles. Add 1 heart to the center and serve!