Homemade Toaster Pastries
Prep Time: 30 minutes | Cook Time: 30 minutes | Makes: 8 pastries
You can have a fruit-filled blast by making toaster pastries from scratch, and you don’t even need a toaster! Packaged breakfast foods at the grocery store might have soy, but these tasty pastries are soy free.
Ingredients
Pastry
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus a little more for rolling out the dough
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 cup your favorite jam
Icing
Tools
- large baking sheet
- parchment paper
- large mixing bowl
- measuring cups/spoons
- fork
- rolling pin
- pizza cutter
- spatula
- small mixing bowl
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Using a fork, mix in the shortening until it becomes crumbly, like wet sand.
- Add water and mix gently with fingers until a dough ball forms. Add water if it’s too dry.
- Sprinkle a couple tablespoons of flour on a clean surface and place the dough ball on it. Use the rolling pin to flatten the ball into a rectangle about 1/8 inch (0.3 centimeter) thick.
- Cut 16, 3 x 5-inch (7.6 x 12.7-cm) rectangles using the pizza cutter. Space evenly on the baking sheet about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.
- Spread 1 tablespoon of jam on eight of the dough rectangles, leaving about 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) of space from the edges.
- Place the plain dough rectangles over the jam-filled rectangles. Press the tines of the fork around the edges to seal.
- Using the fork, poke a few holes in the top of each pastry. Then place the baking sheet in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the pastries are golden brown. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before icing.
- Combine all icing ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir well with a fork until smooth.
- Ice the pastries by dipping a fork into the icing bowl and drizzling it over the pastries.
- Store leftovers in the freezer for up to one month. To reheat, place in oven at 350°F for about five minutes.