Brush the puff pastry with eggs. Don’t skip the step of brushing your pastry with egg. This gives it that beautiful golden brown color.

Cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves make up the flavor profile for the apple filling. Your kitchen will definitely smell like fall while you’re cooking sown the apples. Granulated and Light Brown Sugar The ingredients for these apple cheesecake pop-tarts are pretty straightforward and you probably have most of them on hand, but let’s go over a few that require a bit more detail.It’s filled with warm apples cooked in cinnamon and brown sugar, surrounded by a freshly homemade crust that is so soft and yummy. Place the flour and sugar in the bowl of the food processor. Place the whole bowl in the freezer while you cube the butter. Add the cubed butter to the flour and sugar in the freezer, for 5 minutes. Roll pie crust into a rectangle. Cut the rectangle into 6 equal rectangles, to form the pop-tart crust. Repeat with second crust. These pop tarts are the best way to enjoy the flavors of fall, complete with a simple cinnamon frosting drizzle!

Pop-Tart Pastry: In a food processor, pulse together the flour, sugar, and salt until combined. Add the cold cubed butter and pulse a few times, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs and the butter chunks are pea-sized. Make a batch for a special weekend treat or enjoy all week long by reheating in a toaster oven. They would also make a delicious and decadent dessert topped with Creamy Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream or Coconut Whipped Cream. More Apple Recipes They’re buttery, flaky, cinnamon-infused, and everything you want in a fall treat. Plus, they’re surprisingly easy to make and require just 9 ingredients. We hope you love them as much as we do! Let’s pop to it! How to Make Gluten-Free Pop TartsThese pop tarts are a staple treat in my house, and I love making them first thing in the morning to have with some coffee. Apples - I recommend using honey crispy apples or red delicious. They are sweeter and will add more flavor to the apple butter filling. I left the skins on but you are more than welcome to peel them if desired. Lay a second layer of dough over it making sure to align the edges (you can always use your pairing knife to cut away any slightly uneven edges).

Store your homemade apple cinnamon pop tarts in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for 6 days. To reheat them, bake in a 350 F (180 C) oven for 10 minutes. Serve warm with fresh glaze! MORE APPLE RECIPES TO TRY: I love how versatile pop tarts are too, you can easily fill them with any leftover fruit you might have, or with chocolate.The first thing you need is a good, reliable pastry recipe. I decided to use my Tender Pie Crust! What better pastry to use for these delicious pop tarts than a pie crust? But you can always buy frozen pie dough! Apple pies, on the other hand, consist of stewed apple filling that is stuffed into a pie crust and baked in the oven until golden brown and bubbly on the inside. How To Make Apple Tarts?

Apple cider - A little is added to the apple slices as they cook down in a skillet and in the frosting for some extra apple flavor. You can also use apple juice or just water if needed. Homemade pop tarts are one of my favorite things to make. To put it simply, they’re little breakfast pies and you know how I feel about pie. My favorite pop tarts as a kid were the frosted brown sugar cinnamon. Warm or cold I could always find a reason to enjoy them. Subtly sweet, a little toasty, and totally nostalgic are all perfect descriptors for fall and for these mini apple butter pop tarts! Whether you grew up eating pop tarts or not, these vegan and gluten-free treats are sure to steal your heart. Measure out 3 inch by 4 inch rectangles (2 for each poptart) until dough is used up, and place half on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper. The glaze. What’s the difference between hand pies and pop tarts? Pop tarts are glazed. I really wanted to accentuate the apple flavor so I used both apple butter and apple cider to make this glaze. If you don’t have apple cider on hand, you can certainly use apple juice or even just water or milk. Don’t skip the apple butter though!These Pop tarts have a softer and more buttery crust than a lot of similar pastries, such as dessert hand pies or tarts, and I think they are so delicious. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves - All three of these spices are used in the apple butter filling and the frosting. You can also use an apple pie spice blend if you have it. Poke a few holes in the top pastry and then place on top of the filled one, pressing down to seal them. Then take a fork and further seal them by pressing down along the sides while creating that pie crust shape. Repeat with the rest of the pastry from the fridge. Then press together the leftover pastry scraps, wrap them again and refrigerate for another 20 minutes before making more pop tarts. Don't reuse the "scraps" of the "scraps", the more you press on the dough, the more tough it becomes.