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three pop tarts stacked with purple flowers, a napkin, a jar of jam, eucalyptus, a bowl of blueberries, and more pop tarts behind

Homemade Blueberry Pop Tarts

4.69 from 16 votes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
Perfectly sweet, flaky, berry-filled, and SO GOOD! These Homemade Blueberry Pop Tarts are better than anything you can buy and super simple to make.

Ingredients

Blueberry Filling

  • 4 cups blueberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup lemon juice

Pastry

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 ⅛ cup unsalted butter, cut into chunks
  • 1 large egg
  • 4-5 Tablespoons heavy cream

Egg Wash

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 Tablespoons heavy cream

Frosting

  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2-3 Tablespoons milk
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
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Instructions

Filling

  • Place blueberries in a medium bowl and crush them.
  • In a small saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice.
  • Cook over medium low heat until sugar dissolves and mixture thickens.
  • Remove from heat. Cool.
  • Place blueberry mixture in a food processor and pulse until mostly smooth. Set aside.

Pastry

  • In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.
  • Pulse a few times to combine.
  • Add butter, a few pieces at a time, pulsing after each addition.
  • Add egg and pulse a few times to combine.
  • Add cream and pulse until mixture comes together.
  • Turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap.
  • Lightly form into a ball and press out into a disc.
  • Wrap tightly.
  • Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Turn out dough onto lightly floured parchment paper.
  • Roll out into a rectangle, 1/4" thick.
  • Trim edges of pastry.
  • Using a rectangular cutter, cut out as many rectangles as possible.
  • Remove dough rectangles to a cookie sheet lined with parchment.
  • Gather scraps and re-roll.
  • Cut out rectangles. You should have 18 total between the 2 rolls.

Egg Wash

  • In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and the cream.

Putting It Together

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Place 9 squares of dough on parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Brush the edges of each square with egg wash.
  • Spoon a heaping Tablespoon of blueberry jam in the center of each rectangle.
  • Spread the jam out to about 1/2" from the edge.
  • Top with another rectangle.
  • Gently press down edges to seal.
  • Use a fork on all four sides of each pop tart to make sure they are sealed.
  • Using a fork, poke holes in the top of the pastry.
  • Bake until light brown, about 25 minutes.

Frosting

  • Combine powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl.
  • Beat until smooth.

Notes

Substitutions:
  • You can use a store-bought pastry dough, but we can't guarantee baking times.
  • Feel free to use your favorite jam rather than making your own!
  • You could also use frozen blueberries to make the jam if you don't have fresh.
Expert Tips:
  • When making the dough, be sure not to over work it!
  • The jam will be super thick, and that's okay.
  • You can make the jam and dough a few days ahead to spread out the work.
  • These pop tarts store really well!
  • Frosting them is optional.
  • You may need to adjust the amount of cream.
  • The pastry dough can also be rolled out onto a lightly floured pastry mat!
  • A food processor is preferable when making the dough, but you can do it by hand.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 593kcalCarbohydrates: 87gProtein: 6gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 288mgPotassium: 130mgFiber: 3gSugar: 51gVitamin A: 874IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.