Homemade Pastry Treats aka Pop Tarts

I was intrigued by a recent May 2010 recipe in Bon Appetit magazine for Pop Tarts and just had to make them. As a kid, no make that an adult no longer living under the roof of parents, I used to buy and enjoy toasted and buttered blueberry (no frosting) Pop Tarts. But then, I started reading the ingredients and found it hard to eat them with their artificial this and that not to mention calories, price, etc. Maybe that's why my parents very rarely allowed those in the house.

Anyway, despite the two sticks of butter, I made them (half batch so far) and they were very tasty. Basically it was pie dough with a bit of preserves. I did not use the recipe recommended Strawberry preserves but rather a favorite in our house of Swedish Lingonberry preserves. I made a little powdered sugar and lemon juice along with a little Lingonberry preserves frosting, another deviation from the original recipe. Try 'em, you'll like them.