Drew had a few days off these past few weeks to prep for a big trip he is taking for work and we ended up going to our favorite coffee shop almost everyday for our morning cup. They have the best toast and even a gluten free toaster, cutting board and separate peanut butter so its a place we go all the time because your girl can actually eat there! They also serve these MASSIVE pop tarts and Drew loves to get them. Since we are a gluten-free house, he requested that I whip him up some so we could have them at home! I jumped at this chance because who doesn’t love a strawberry pop tart?
This recipe is vegan, gluten free and AMAZING! We currently have 1 left and I think Drew and I are at a stand off because we both don’t want to eat it and crush the other persons pop tart craving… it won’t last long though!
let’s start baking!
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Vegan & Gluten-Free Strawberry Pop Tarts
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 pop tarts 1x
Description
Homemade pop tarts not only taste delicious but the they are such a fun labor of love. Filled with sweet strawberries, they are perfect for a spring and summer treat.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/2 stick of earth balance butter
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of almond flour
- 1 1/2 cups of gluten-free flour
- 2 tablespoons of ice cold water
- 1 dash of vanilla
Filling
- 5 strawberries
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Icing
- 1/4 cup of powdered sugar
- juice from 1 strawberry
- 2 teaspoons of water
Instructions
- In a food processor pulse your crust ingredients together to create a crumbly texture forms
- Pulse further until the dough forms into a ball and place your dough in the freezer wrapped in plastic to chill
- In a small sauce pan over medium low heat, place your strawberries lemon juice and sugar
- Cook down the strawberry mixture until the strawberries are soft and the sugar is starting to bubble
- Put the jam into a blender or food processor until a smooth jam forms
- Remove your crust from the freezer and roll into 1/4″ thick slab cutting out 8, 3×3″
- Place a few teaspoons of jam in the middle of 4 pop tart pastry pieces and place the other piece on top
- Seal the edges by pressing a fork along the edges and brush with coconut milk and sprinkle
- Bake for 350°F for 20 minutes until the edges are golden brown
- While your pop tarts bake, squish a strawberry into a glass to grab the juice, add the juice to a bowl with the water, powdered sugar and strawberry juice, mix until combined
- Cool completely before icing and eating
- Once cooled, drizzle each pop tart with the icing
- Enjoy!
Keywords: strawberry pop tarts, gluten free pop tarts
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