Fall Dessert: Apple Pop-tarts

There is nothing better than the smell of a fall dessert baking in the oven! I love to bake, and when Fall arrives that's typically when I ramp up my baking because I love the smell in the house! Despite the fact that it is still 90+ degrees in Charleston, I have already started saving recipes and making them on the weekends! The most recent recipe I made - Apple Pop-tarts! I really want to do this with a pumpkin filling also! 

This recipe is super easy and takes about 30 minutes overall to make! 

First, you'll want to gather all of your ingredients, which I will list below:

• 3 Apples (whichever kind you prefer)
• 1 Tbsp. butter 
• 2 sheets of Pie Dough 
• 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg 
• 2 Tsp. Cinnamon 
• 1/2 tsp. Cloves 
• 2 Tbsp. Apple cider or apple juice

For the icing:
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• 1 Tsp. cinnamon

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 Tbsp. apple cider

Cooking the apples: Cut up your apples into small pieces and add them to a pan with all of your spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves), butter, and apple cider or apple juice over medium-low heat. Cook for about 10 minutes with a lid on until apples are warm and soft.

While apples are cooking, roll out your pastry dough. Disclaimer, I sent Blake to the grocery store and he purchased crescent dough by accident, and these were still delicious! You'll want to roll out your dough on a slightly powdered surface, and then cut into individual rectangles if you want to! You'll do the same thing with the top piece of dough as well. You can also make one big pop tart and cut after baking! 

​Once you're apples are warm and soft, you'll make the apple butter. Scoop the apple pieces into a food processor or blended and blend until you reach an apple sauce like texture, or until there are no apple chunks left.

Apple Butter

Finally, you're going to assemble the pop-tarts. Spread the apple butter onto your pastry dough, leaving about an inch around the corners to give you room to seal the pop-tart. Carefully place the top piece of dough, and use a fork to seal the edges! Poke a hole into the top of the dough to allow heat to escape when baking!

​Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 400° or until golden brown! If you make one large pop-tart, you'll need to add a little extra time for the pop-tart to bake! 

​Top with icing! Make sure your pop-tarts have cooled before putting on the icing or it will melt right off. The icing takes about 10 minutes to set!

Enjoy! If you make this recipe, leave a review and tag me on Instagram! ​​