Ingredients:
- Pastries
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter (cold and cubed)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cold egg (beaten)
- 1 tablespoon cold water (optional)
- 8 tablespoons jam or preserves
- 2 tablespoons milk or beaten egg (for brushing the top of the pop tarts)
- Topping
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons hot water or milk
- Sprinkles (to decorate)
Directions
Place the flour, butter, sugar, and salt in a food processor and pulse a couple of times until the butter is pea-sized.
Add the egg and pulse again until the dough starts to come together; if necessary, add a little ice water so that the dough coheres.
Bring the dough together with your hands and knead it a couple of times until it’s smooth. Wrap it in plastic and chill it for half an hour.
Once it has chilled, divide the dough in two balls and roll out each part out as thinly as possible.
Cut each piece of dough into eight rectangles, about 3x4 inches in size. You may have to re-roll the scraps to get the eight, but it should work.
Place eight of the rectangles on a baking sheet and add a heaping teaspoon of jam or the filling of your choice to the center of each. Place one of the other rectangles over each filling-topped pastry and press down to seal the edges.
Use a fork to get a pretty pattern on the sides, then prick a few holes in each pastry so that the steam can escape.
Place the pastries in the freezer until they’re firm. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350° F. When you’re ready to bake, brush the pastries with a little beaten egg or milk and put them in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove to a wire rack to cool. Leave them to cool a little while you make the glaze by mixing together the powdered sugar and a little hot water or milk until you have a dollop-able consistency. Spread the pastries with the glaze and top with colorful sprinkles.