Blueberry Poptarts
I've been dreaming of blueberry poptarts for a week! I was very tempted in buying some at the market yesterday but I took a look at all the ingredients and was immediately turned off. Gross! This morning the cat jumped on my stomach at 5am so I was up. I love baking in the early mornings so my husband wakes up to the smell of baked goods. What a lucky guy. These are a little work but worth it. When you make these once, you'll be a pro at making them the 2nd and 3rd time.
The Dough:
Ingredients Other ingredients
2 cups flour - 1 egg white
2 tbsp granulated sugar - 1 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp salt - water or milk
1 cup cold butter (don't skimp)
1/4 cup any milk (I used almond)
Mix flour, sugar and salt in food processor. Cut up butter and add, slowly pour in milk. Pulse until mixture is grainy and sticky. Wrap in plastic wrap, put in fridge for a couple hours to harden, about 2.
The Filling:
Ingredients
1 pint blueberries 2 tbsp water 0-4tbsp sugar
Add berries to pot with a tbsp of water and few scoops of sugar. Bring to a boil then simmer heat. Stir the berries, they will start to pop and the mixture will start to become thick. Simmer and stir until most of the berries have popped and your happy with the consistency about 15-20min. Set to cool in fridge until your ready for them.
Add pint of blueberries to pot. Cook over low heat
Add (3tbsp more or less) sugar and a tad of water to boil. They will pop and start to become thick
See thick, boil until most of the berries have popped
Pour in bowls to chill in fridge. They will become like jelly
Make the Poptart
Preheat oven to 375F. Make yourself space. Unwrap dough on a floured surface. Use a floured rolling pin to thinly roll out the dough. You may have to add flour to both sides of the dough, it'll be sticky. Once you have a sheet of dough, cut out your desired size of your poptarts. Make sure to cut out an even number. Carefully peel off a rectangle and place it on your baking sheet. Scoop 1 tbsp (or desired amount) of filling in the middle. Take another piece of dough and place it on top. Fork the edges together and cut off excess dough. Lightly press down the top of the dough to sort of flatten out the blueberries throughout the tart. Take a knife and make little light slices on top for presentation. Gloss the tops of the poptart with egg white. Bake for 20min or until golden. While those bake, wrap remaining dough a place back in fridge. Keep doing this until you've used the all the dough. I was able to make 11.
Should look something like this but yours will be prettier
You will have to work in batches just make sure to keep adding flour so it doesn't stick to the table. Once they all have baked make the glaze: mix 1 cup confectioners sugar with 2 tbsp of water or milk. Gloss them and admire the goodness you just made.
