Pop Tarts Part II

I used the other half of the pop tart dough today.  The 2nd batch is even better than the first. I made them smaller this time.  I also cut one rectangle, then put in on the top of the dough to cut the second one, for each pop tart.  It made them fit together a little bit better. 

I brushed a little bit of egg on top of them and sprinkled with a little bit of extra filling.  It gave the dough a little bit more flavor. 

Homemade Pop Tarts

My girls love pop tarts.  All that high fructose corn syrup and 16 g of sugar!  How can we not love them? 

After threatening to never make them again.  I decided to make my own.  I used a recipe from smitten kitchen. 

http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/homemade-pop-tarts/

I made a few different sizes.  The girls seems to enjoy the smaller ones. 

I used the cinnamon filling and it got nice and gooey just like real poptarts. 

I have two tips for this.  #1-Assemble the poptarts on the pan that you plan to bake them on.  There were quite a few that I assembled and then the filling spilled out when I was moving it. 
Because of that, I learned by accident....
#2-Put some of the filling on the table, with the flour that you're rolling the dough in.  It gives the dough a little extra flavor. 

Here they are right before they went into the oven:

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