Kids Make Gifts! Giant Pop Tarts

Materials and tools:
-Mixing bowl
-Pastry cutter or two table knives
-Clean flat rolling surface.
-Rolling pin or empty wine bottle
-Clean ruler or flexible measuring tape
–Paper favor bags
-Labels
Kids Make Gifts! Giant Pop Tarts
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Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 cups ice water
- 1/2 cup jam
Instructions
- Combine the flour and salt.
- Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter.
- Once the largest pieces of butter are the size of peas, add the water and stir a few times.
- Handling the dough as little as possible, gently press the dough together to bring it into two balls.
- Form each ball into a small flat brick shape with rounded edges.
- Wrap these bricks in wax paper or plastic and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.
- On a clean flat work surface, roll out one of the refrigerated dough bricks into a large rectangle that is a little more than 1/8 inch thick. (If one of the bricks is smaller, use that one here.) Find helpful tips for rolling out pastry dough here.
- Cut 3″ x 5″ pieces with straight edges and place them on a baking sheet.
- Roll out the second dough brick in a similar manner, cutting out the same sized pieces again. Puncture these several times with a fork. Set these aside.
- Back to the pieces on your baking sheet–gently spread jam over these, leaving a clean edge about 1/3rd inch all the way around.
- Use small cup of water to wet your fingers and run them along the edges of one piece. Immediately, place one of the larger pieces on top and press with a fork along the edges to create a seal.
- Repeat this process with the rest of your dough pieces.
- Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until the edges and bottoms become golden brown. You may also freeze these for up to 2 weeks before baking them. We don’t recommend trying to bake these in a toaster.
- Enjoy once cooled, OR package them up for friends.
To turn your delightful poptarts into perfectly charming party favors:
- Visit evermine.com to order white favor bags and to pick out a large label style that will fit on them. Tip: Do this step ahead of time so your packaging will be ready when your poptarts are fresh.
- Once you receive your packaging, place your labels on the favor bags.
- After your poptarts have cooled, tuck each one into a labeled favor bag and enjoy stunning your friends and guests!
