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Air Fryer Homemade Pop Tarts
Homemade Pop Tarts are lip smacking good and a simple recipe for the kids to help out with. Needing just 5 ingredients, making pop tarts at home has never been easier.
Equipment
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 15 ounces Pie crust, equivalent to 2 crusts
- 4 ounces Strawberry preserves , divided
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 1 Egg, whisked
- 4 tablespoons Valentine day sprinkles
Instructions
- Lay your pie crusts out flat on a lightly floured surface. With your cookie cutter, cut out as many hearts as you can with the amount of pie crust you have.
- On one of the heart-shaped crusts, add 1 tablespoon of your jelly preserves in the middle of the crust. Spread it out evenly, making sure to leave room around the edges.
- Dip your finger in the egg wash, and evenly spread the egg wash around the edges of the crust surrounding the jelly.
- Place another heart shaped pie crust on top of the heart with the jelly on it. Using a fork, press down the edges to create a seal.
- Using a kitchen brush, dip it in the egg wash and brush the rest of your heart shape with the egg wash.
- Poke 6-8 holes in the top crust using a fork or toothpick.
- Depending on the size of your air fryer, place as many pastry hearts in your air fryer that will fit without interfering with the shape of the pastry.
- Cook your pop tarts at 370℉ for 7 minutes. Once the timer is done, open your air fryer, and flip your pop tarts. Continue to cook for an additional 3-4 minutes, or until it is reached a soft brown color.
- Remove from the air fryer, and transfer to a cooling rack.
- While your pastries are cooling, mix together your icing. Whisk together powdered sugar and 1 ounce of jelly. You can choose to add more powdered sugar if you like your frosting thicker.
- Drizzle your frosting over your pop tart. While the frosting is still wet, add your sprinkles.
- Allow them to cool and the frosting to harden, and then enjoy!
Christina's Notes
- Doubled the Recipe: Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and bake in batches.
- Pastry Sealer: To ensure that the filling does not leak out try using a pastry sealer.
- Homemade: Use homemade jam and homemade pastry dough or homemade pie crust to make these delicious homemade pop tarts taste even better.
- Chocolate: Feel free to use Smucker's shell topping on your pastry. Chocolate pop tarts are awesome.
- Fluff: Make these pop tarts filled with strawberry jam and little marshmallow fluff.
- Thick Frosting: You can choose to add more powdered sugar if you like your frosting thicker.
- Cinnamon Brown Sugar: Make frosted brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts! Make a cinnamon and brown sugar filling and icing instead of fruit pop tarts.