Happy Valentine's Day, friends! Last year, I posted a recipe for Homemade Toaster Strudels. This morning, before the kiddos went to school, I surprised my favorite valentines with sweet, tasty, fruity, homemade Valentine Pop-Tarts. Sweets for my sweeties:) Needless to say, Mom prevailed a hero (a great way to start the day).

I used the same idea as the Toaster Strudels, except this time, I substituted refrigerated pie dough to emulate the Pop-Tarts sold in grocery stores (our kiddos love, but I am not a fan). Yes, I certainly could have made the pie dough from scratch, but considering school mornings are crazy enough, I opted for grocery store refrigerated pie dough.

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Since February is Cherry month (didn't know that did you?), I decided to go with our Cherry Butter for the filling (but any of our Butter Spreads or **Preserves (see below) could be used in this recipe). And, because it is Valentine's Day, I went the extra step and used large heart-shaped cookie cutters to seal the deal. These "Pop-Tarts" were delicious by themselves, and adding gooey icing and sprinkles made these semi-homemade "Pop-Tarts" irresistible! Hands down, these homemade Pop-Tarts are far better than the grocery store versions and are our children's new favorite. Try our homemade version today. You may never go back to store-bought Pop-Tarts again.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Ingredients

2 rolls of room temperature refrigerated pie dough
Cherchies® Cherry Butter (or could substitute Cherchies® Strawberry Butter, or Cherchies® Apple Butter, or any of our **delicious preserves, mixed with 1 Tablespoon of corn starch).
1 egg, beaten
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon (or more depending on consistency) heavy cream
1 or two drops of food coloring (I actually used 1 Tablespoon of additional Cherry Butter in the icing in lieu of food coloring)
1 large heart-shaped cookie cutter- Approx. 4 1/2 inches in diameter (optional)
Sprinkles (optional)

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly flour your prep surface. Roll out the dough over the counter or prep surface. Use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes. If making simple Pop Tarts (not using cookie cutters, cut off rounded ends of pie dough, and cut pie dough into rectangles).

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add about 1-2 Tablespoons (depending on size of cookie cutter) with Cherchies® Cherry Butter Spread to the center of the dough, making sure to leave at least 1/2 inch around the perimeter of the dough for sealing.

Place another piece of dough gently over the filling and crimp the edges with a fork to seal the tart. Seal well to keep the tasty fruit inside from seeping out.

Brush the egg over the entire tart, and bake in the oven until the tarts are golden brown. Allow to cool slightly before icing the tarts.

While tarts are baking, mix the icing. In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar, heavy cream, and food coloring (in my case, I used the Cherry Butter to color the icing). If icing is too thick, add a couple drops of heavy cream at a time to thin the icing. Icing should slightly ooze off the spoon. While tarts are still warm, scoop a large spoonful of icing and drizzle it over the pop tarts. If desired, add sprinkles and watch them disappear!