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strawberry pop tarts

Healthy Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts (Sourdough Option!)

These organic healthy homemade strawberry pop tarts are a lot easier than you would think! Make a healthy strawberry pop tart with whole wheat flour or a gluten free strawberry pop tart with 1:1 gluten free flour.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 pop tarts
Calories 450 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking tray
  • silicone baking mat or parchment paper
  • Pastry cutter
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients
  

For the pop tarts:

  • 2 ½ cups organic all purpose flour (unbleached, unenriched) sub whole wheat flour or 1:1 Gluten Free baking flour
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon pink sea salt
  • 2 sticks cold butter (organic, unsalted)
  • ½ cup ice cold water
  • 8 tablespoon strawberry jam (organic) try my strawberry chia seed jam!

For the topping:

  • 1 cup organic powdered sugar (raw cane powdered sugar)
  • 1-2 tablespoon homemade almond milk (unsweetened) or milk of choice
  • 1-2 drops natural red food dye (made from beets) sub 1 teaspoon beet root powder or beet juice
  • 4 tablespoon all natural rainbow sprinkles

For Sourdough Discard Pop Tarts

  • 2 cups organic all purpose flour (unbleached, unenriched)
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup cold butter (organic, unsalted)
  • 1 cup sourdough discard

Instructions
 

For the pop tart dough:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
    In a medium sized bowl, sift together the flour and salt. Add the butter.
    2 ½ cups organic all purpose flour (unbleached, unenriched), 1 ¼ teaspoon pink sea salt, 2 sticks cold butter (organic, unsalted)
    homemade strawberry pop tart dough
  • Using a knife cut the cold butter into the flour mixture. Then use a pastry cutter to cut the butter in until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
    ½ cup ice cold water
    pop tart dough
  • Add half of the ice cold water and use a fork to stir it in. Do the same with the other half of the water. The mixture will look very dry and crumbly. This is normal.
    homemade strawberry pop tart dough
  • Use your hands to knead the mixture into a ball of dough.
    homemade strawberry pop tart dough

How to form strawberry pop tarts from dough:

  • Divide the ball of dough in half. It helps to work the dough in your hands until there are no cracks in it. This helps to prevent the dough from ripping or cracking when you roll it out. I like to roughly shape my dough into a rectangle in my hands before I roll it as well.
    homemade strawberry poptarts
  • Flour a clean surface. Place the first half of your dough down. Sprinkle flour on top of the dough and on the rolling pin. Roll the dough into a rectangle shape. It should be about ~⅛th inch thick.
    poptart dough
  • With a sharp knife, cut the sides so that your dough is a clean rectangle without the rough edges from rolling it out.
    homemade strawberry poptarts
  • Now, cut the rectangle in half once horizontally. Cut into 8 even pieces vertically. This will be the top half and the bottom half of 4 of your poptarts. See the photos above for more clarification.
    homemade strawberry poptarts
  • Using a spatula, transfer 4 of the tarts to your baking tray. Spread 1 tablespoon of the jam on the top. Make sure to leave ~¼ inch around the sides so that you can seal the top.
    8 tablespoon strawberry jam (organic)
    homemade pop tart
  • Add the 4 top pieces. Press along the edges to seal the dough to the bottom. Use a fork to press the edges together.
    homemade strawberry poptarts
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until your pop tarts are golden brown.
    Repeat the same with the second half of your dough.
    Let the poptarts cool on a wire cooling rack.
    homemade strawberry poptarts (4)

For the pop tart topping:

  • Whisk the powdered sugar with the milk and the food coloring (I used beet root powder for pink color).
    Spread the frosting on the cooled tart. Make sure the tart is completely cooled. If it is not, the frosting will melt and you will have more on your counter than on the pastry.
    1 cup organic powdered sugar (raw cane powdered sugar), 1-2 tablespoon homemade almond milk (unsweetened), 1-2 drops natural red food dye (made from beets)
    homemade strawberry poptarts (2)
  • Add rainbow sprinkles.
    Enjoy!
    4 tablespoon all natural rainbow sprinkles
    strawberry pop tarts

Sourdough Pop Tart Instructions

  • Sourdough pop tarts are made basically the same way! The only difference is mixing the sourdough into your dough in the first step.
    In a bowl, sift together the 2 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon sea salt.
    Next, cut in the cold butter (just like above until it resembles fine crumbs).
    Finally, add the 1 cup of sourdough discard and mix it in until your dough starts to come together. You can use your hand to knead it together until a ball of dough forms.
    If the dough seems dry, add about 2 tablespoons of cold water and knead it in.
    Follow the remaining steps exactly the same as above (rolling, cutting, filling, and baking!)
    2 cups organic all purpose flour (unbleached, unenriched), 1 teaspoon sea salt, 1 cup cold butter (organic, unsalted), 1 cup sourdough discard

Notes

Nutrition facts for this recipe are only an estimate and not a guarantee. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1strawberry pop tartCalories: 450kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 4gSaturated Fat: 14.6gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 442mgPotassium: 47mgFiber: 1.2gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 709IUVitamin C: 2.25mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.43mg
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