Homemade Poppity Pop Tarts

Now I feel the need to throw in a little guilty treat just to mix it up. I love trying recipes from Pinterest and I found this interesting idea for homemade pop tarts. The original recipes has you making everything from scratch, which is fine if you have the time, but I wanted to speed things up a bit so I tweaked it.

Strawberries & Cream Pop Tarts

What you need:

- puff pastry dough (in the frozen food section)

- 4 oz cream cheese (softened)

- 8-10 medium strawberries

- 3 Tbs sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1 c. powdered sugar

- 2 Tbs water
- Parchment paper

First set pastry dough out to thaw ( I used the Pepperidge Farm brand) and preheat the oven to 350.

While the dough is thawing, chop up strawberries, place in a bowl and sprinkle with 1 Tbs sugar. Set aside.

Next in a large mixing bow, blend together 2 Tbs sugar, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.

When the dough is thawed, unfold it and divide each sheet into 6 squares. You should have 12 squares in total.

Spread a dollop of the cream cheese mixture onto 6 of the squares, leaving room around the edges.  Then add a spoonful of the strawberries onto the cream cheese.

Cover with the remaining 6 squares and seal the edges with a fork. Place on a parchment covered baking sheet.

Bake for 18-20 min until golden brown.

Finally prepare the icing by mixing the 1 c. powdered sugar and water in a small bowl.

Drizzle over pop tarts when slightly cooled.

Enjoy!!!!

Love,
Krissy

Love It!

Since I have been absent from blogging lately and you've has been doing all the heavy lifting I'm going to do a two-fer today.  I love your healthy habit's post and am going to piggyback on it.


I totally agree about not drinking enough water, it's really hard to fit it in during the work day. First I tried purchasing cute water bottles to entice me to carry it everywhere and that worked for awhile. Now I'm back in my old rut of coming home parched because I didn't drink anything all day. So I really would like to try the aqua zinger, it's a neat water bottle with a bottom that you fill with fruit/herbs and infuse the water.

It infuses two 20 oz servings and the website even has recipes for all kinds of fruit/ herb combos.

Plus I absolutely second, even third that about tea! I really love it as my warm drink of choice and am completely obsessed with Stash Teas from Portland, OR.  Some of my faves are the Morrocan Mint, Orange Spice and Cinnamon Apple Chamomile just to name a few.