Homemade Strawberry PopTarts

Hello hello!!
It may be against my better judgement but I decided to go ahead and repost this recipe.
This post is from 2016 which, according to the cool kids, is like, a whole different time period so please excuse the rough pictures.
I was younger, cell phone cameras and digital cameras were basically trash. You know, the good ol days LOL.
I do intend to revisit this post and try these again with some leftover tart crust I have so maybe that will happen.
I'd like to make some homemade jam too.
ANYWAY.
I'm reposting these because the recipe is solid AND I loved making these with my little dude who isn't so little anymore.
This is definitely something to try with the kiddos though.
Highly recommend. You won't regret having the memories of making homemade Pop Tarts together I promise you that.
So let's get on with it.
There's a printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

Let me be clear.
We're basically making hand pies... kinda.. but they're still more "healthy" than the box of whatever you get at the store. And they're delicious.

PopTart Creation:

At this time I was very much into trying to make everything super healthy so I used half wheat flour and half AP flour.
Use whatever flour makes you happy.
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Step 1 make a pie crust. Mix all the dry ingredients. Add in the butter with forks or a pastry thingy or your hands... until you get a bread crumb type of consistency. Then add the water and corn syrup and form a dough.
Roll the dough out and cut an even number of rectangles.
From the looks of my pictures I got somewhere between 8-10.
Put some jam in those babies and seal them shut.
I didn't use the fork method with these but it's probably the better way to go to keep them sealed.
I also didn't poke holes in the top but you should do that so the filling doesn't ooze everywhere.

They kinda resemeble McDonald's Apple Pies...
I bet apple filling would be a good option to try.
Sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar on top with some butter... YUM.
Anyway here they are fresh out of the oven.

Now that you've done all the boring stuff it's time to call the kiddos in and let them do the fun stuff ;)

Jaxon enjoyed adding the sprinkles. Very serious work.

Even more serious was the taste testing but he handled it well.
**Don't freak out Jaxon's thumb is not broken it's just double jointed LOL.

The Result

And here they are! Not perfect but kid approved.
They also freeze well AND toast well in the toaster.

Freeze them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and then transfer to a freezer bag. They keep for 6 months.

Printable Recipe: