Pop Tarts from Scratch

Abbey had her first pop tart a couple of weeks ago.  I definitely didn't buy it.  It must have been her junk-food eating father.  Landen and Layne were dying to try one, but there just happened to be one silver package left, and Abbey eats breakfast the earliest around here, so she gobbled it up. 

And so I did what any fair mom would do.  Well, any mom that wouldn't be caught dead buying a box of pop tarts.  I looked up a recipe online.  Landen and Layne would get their pop tarts.  I mean really, once upon a time everything was made in home kitchens from flour and sugar and eggs.  Maybe even pop tarts.  Funny how the best thing that ever happened was sliced bread, and now we have gone back to baking bread at home and slicing it with our butter knives.  Trends.  Making it all from scratch is a trend I can get on board with.  Skinny jeans are another story.

I have to say, these were pretty yummy!  And assembling the fun little pastry packages was really fun.

Abbey loved them.  Royal always says, "good."  Whether it's a p&j sandwich or homemade pop tarts...they're good.  He did eat like 5.  I guess good was good.  Landen and Layne, the two I went to all this trouble for, were a little skeptical.  Layne wanted icing, and then sprinkles.  And then, I'm not sure she was thrilled with the whole deal after all!

My favorite food critic.  This girl loves just about everything I can create.  If it doesn't involve onions or hard-to-chew red meat, she is my number one fan.  She wants to be a chef one day.  So do I.

For a fun Saturday morning treat, make some pop tarts.  No toaster needed.

I'll give you the link to the recipe I followed from Smitten Kitchen, if you promise not to compare her beautiful tarts to mine.  I have 3 kids that want to help.  And even if I don't let them help, they are breathing over the top of me breaking my concentration.

http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/homemade-pop-tarts/