Apple Pie Pop Tarts
A fun and nostalgic treat with a delicious Autumn twist. You will not be able to resist the flaky crust, apple pie filling and sweet icing!
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 8 oz cold butter regular or vegan, cubed
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup almond milk plus more for brushing
- For the Filling:
- 1/2 apple small dice
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- For the Icing:
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, coconut sugar and cinnamon and stir with a fork. Add cubed butter to the flour mixture and using a fork or pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour until you have pea sized pieces of butter. Pour in the cold milk and mix just until combined.
- Turn out the dough onto a floured surface. Gather the dough together and knead just until the dough has become one cohesive ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
- While your dough is chilling, make the filling and icing. In a small frying pan, heat 1 tsp coconut oil. Add diced apple and cook 4-5 minutes. In one small mixing bowl, mix together the sautéed apples, apple butter and cinnamon. In a second small mixing bowl, combine the powdered sugar, maple syrup, almond milk and vanilla. Set aside.
- Once your dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously flour your work surface and rolling pin. Cut the dough in half and work with one half at a time. Roll out the dough into a large rectangle. Cut out 4 inch by 5 1/2 inch rectangles. Place rectangles on a parchment lined baking sheet. Refrigerate rectangles while rolling out the remainder of the dough. You should get 16 rectangles to make 8 pop tarts. Refer to tips section of blog post for help with cutting out the rectangles.
- Remove rectangles from the fridge. Add 2 tbsp of apple pie filling to the center of 8 of the rectangles. Cover each apple pie filled rectangle with remaining rectangles. Pinch down all four sides of the pop tarts with a fork to seal. Poke 3 holes on each pop tart with a fork and brush pop tarts with milk.
- Bake pop tarts at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until lightly golden. Allow pop tarts to cool 15-20 minutes before adding the icing. Place in the refrigerator to allow icing to harden.