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A tin with tan paper in it filled with heart-shaped pop-tarts with pink icing and red sugar sprinkles.

Cherry Pop-Tart Hearts

Tiffany
Celebrate this Valentine's Day with cherry Pop-Tart hearts made with crisp crust, filled with cherry pastry filling, and topped with cherry icing and red sprinkles.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 30 Pop-Tarts
Calories 135 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 teaspoons White Granulated Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Butter cubed
  • ½ cup Water
  • 12 ounces Cherry Pastry Filling (I used Solo brand) not cherry pie filling with cherries; needs to be a smoother consistency that cherry pastry filling has

Egg Wash

  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1 tablespoon Water

Icing

  • 1 ½ cups Powdered Sugar
  • 4 teaspoons Milk
  • 1 tablespoon Maraschino Cherry Juice
  • Red Sugar Sprinkles

Tools

  • 2 ½ inch Heart Cookie Cutter
  • Rolling Pin

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. Add cold cubed butter and use a fork or a pastry cutter to combine. The mixture will become granular. Slowly add water to the bowl and mix until you can form the dough into a ball with your hands. Divide the dough in two. Mine weighed 14 ounces each if you use a scale.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll one ball of dough into ⅛" thick. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut hearts. Place the hearts on the baking sheet.
  • Add cherry pie filling to the bottom hearts ¼" from the edges.
  • Roll out the other ball of dough to ⅛" and cut hearts again. Place the hearts on top of the filled bottom hearts. Use a fork to crimp the edges closed.
  • In a small dish, scramble an egg with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the top of each heart with egg wash.
  • Bake the heart pop-tarts in the oven for 25-30 minutes until they are golden brown. Place on a cooling rack to fully cool.
  • Meanwhile, make the icing by combining powdered sugar, maraschino cherry juice, and milk. If it's too thick, add more milk. If it's too runny, add more powdered sugar. It should not be thick frosting, but it should also not be so runny it runs down the sides of the pop-tarts.
  • Once the pop-tarts have fully cooled, add a layer of cherry icing on top and red sugar sprinkles. The icing sets quickly, so be sure to sprinkle immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 135kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 221IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg