Homemade Poptarts
A few days ago I saw a homemade poptart pin on Pinterest and I had to make some. That particular recipe called for one cup of butter. My image of poptarts is junk food that you eat once in a while for fun. I probably haven’t had one since I moved to Japan and I hadn’t given them a thought until I saw that pin. If I’m going to use a cup of butter I’m going to make something like shortbread, not poptarts. I searched a bit on google and came across the recipe on Peas and Thank You. A quarter cup of butter is more reasonable for me. I made a non-vegan version of them but if you are vegan use the recipe as is.
Changes I made to the original recipe:
- 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1/2 cup barley flour (麦こがしmugikogashi)
- butter instead of margarine/coconut oil
- honey instead of maple syrup/agave
- skipped the icing
These were really good. They didn’t taste like actual poptarts, they were better. I really liked the taste of the barley flour. I found the barley flour in the section of the supermarket that has the ingredients for making traditional Japanese sweets.
I’m a huge poptart fan and make homemade poptarts a lot. I use this recipe from Poptart Cooking http://www.poptartcooking.com/recipe/homemade-poptarts/ Never tried it with barley flour though. I give that a try next time!
Those look good. Thanks for sharing the link.