It started with a trip to our favorite diner and then the farmer's market, which is my all-time favorite Saturday morning activity. Doug and I bought some new herbs for the garden (lemon basil and parsley, to join the sweet basil, sage, lavender, and mint), some amazing raw milk cheddar, and eggs. After coming back home to laze around in the sunshine, putz in the garden, and plant our new goodies, we came inside to cool off. Too keyed up to take a nap, I decided to bake something new while Doug snoozed.
This is what I came up with: Homemade. Pop. Tarts.
I saw the recipe a few months ago on Smitten Kitchen, and have been itching to try them since. I followed the recipe fairly closely, subbing out 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour for part of the white, and I used Sarabeth's Strawberry Raspberry jam for the filling. I'm toying with whipping up a quick glaze to finish them off, though I think that might defeat the purpose of making a healthier pop tart. They are soooo fabulous, and I don't have a total guilt trip about shoving them in my mouth because the ingredients are 1. recognizable 2. pronounceable 3. as healthy as you can get with a pop tart (flour, sugar, salt, eggs, milk, butter, jam) Yum.
I hate to waste, so with the leftover dough and jam mixture, I decided to make some pies on a stick, another venture I've been dying to try. They were so easy! I just rolled out the dough, cut it out with some sweet little cookie cutters, brushed it with some egg, placed the stick, and put a little dollop of filling in the center. Then, I covered the bottom portion with another cutout, sealed and pressed with a fork...baked for about 20 minutes and...voila! I think next time I might sprinkle with a little sugar or try a different filling (like, oh, I don't know...an actual pie filling?). I like my pie to be sweet, and these ended up tasting a little understated using the pop tart ingredients. Still, they were super tasty!
I was so pleased with how they came out, and I'm dying to make another batch soon.
At this point, I just can't wait for summer so I can bake my little heart out. This is the first summer I have no plans to work (I'm usually holding down about 3 jobs a summer) so the game plan is to bliss out with Sarah doing DIY projects, remodeling the bathroom, and cooking up a storm...while figuring out what next year will bring. Sigh. It's so close I can taste it.
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