Make Homemade Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts in the comfort of your own kitchen! These homemade pop tarts are made without dairy or eggs, and can be made gluten or sugar free! Everyone will love them and they're as fun to make as they are to eat!
Apple Cinnamon Pop Tart Ingredients
Any sugar that is listed in this recipe can be replaced by a purecane sugar substitute to make these sugar-free pop tarts! Here's what you'll need:
- Plant-Based Milk: We recommend using an unsweetened non-dairy milk like almond or oat milk! If you're not vegan or dairy-free, regular milk will work.
- Brown Sugar: Brown sugar makes the dough on these pop tarts slightly sweet!
- Butter: Vegan butter is added to the pop tarts to make them moist, tender and buttery. If you're not vegan, regular butter will work.
- Vanilla: For extra flavor!
- Baking Powder: Baking powder helps the pastry dough cook properly!
- Flour: Use all-purpose flour or a gluten-free replacement like King Arthur Measure for Measure Flour!
- Yogurt: A regular or dairy-free plain yogurt helps to bind all of the ingredients together when you are making gluten-free pop tarts!
- Apple Cinnamon Filling: The filling here is made up of apple sauce, brown sugar and cinnamon for a simple yet super flavorful filling!
- Vegan Cinnamon Icing: The icing on these pop tarts contains powdered sugar, vanilla, almond or oat milk, and cinnamon. Don't forget to top it off with your favorite vegan sprinkles, too!
How to Make Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Step 2: Prepare the apple cinnamon filling by mixing the applesauce, cinnamon and brown sugar together. Set aside.
Step 3: In a large bowl, mix the almond or oat milk, brown sugar, melted vegan butter, vanilla and baking powder together. Add the regular or gluten-free all-purpose flour and mix until a dough forms. If you are using gluten-free flour, add 2 tablespoon of non-dairy yogurt to the dough and use your hands to work it in.
Step 4: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 5: Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangle. Use a knife to slice the dough into 24 squares or rectangles and set them aside.
Step 6: Melt 1-2 tablespoons of vegan butter in a small bowl and set aside.
Step 7: Place two of the rectangles onto the floured surface and lightly roll them until they are about ¼ inch thick place one of the rectangles onto the lined baking sheet. Add 1 tablespoon of the apple cinnamon filling in the center of the dough. Place the other rectangle of dough on top and use a fork to press down around the edges and seal the pop tarts.
Step 8: Repeat this step until the baking sheet is full. Pierce each of the pop tarts once or twice with a fork to create air holes. Use a pastry brush to brush the tops of each of the pop tart with melted vegan butter.
Step 9: Once the baking sheet is full, bake the pop tarts in the oven to 15 minutes. Option to broil for 1-2 minutes at the end to give them more color. Continue to bake the remaining pop tarts until you've used all the dough.
Step 10: While the pop tarts are baking, make the cinnamon icing by mixing powdered sugar, vanilla, almond or oat milk, and cinnamon together. If the icing is too thick to spread, add a tiny bit more milk until it reaches the desired consistency.
Step 11: Once the pop tarts are done baking, allow them to cool until warm, ice them and option to add sprinkles. Enjoy warm!
Expert Tips
- Don't overfill! If you overfill your homemade vegan apple cinnamon pop tarts, the filling will come out of the side and during baking.
- Press edges tightly closed! Be sure to push the fork down on the edges pretty hard to that they are truly well-sealed!
Frequently Asked Questions
Definitely! We recommend freezing them after baking but prior to icing them. You can place baked pop tarts in a freezer safe bag or container and freeze for up to a month. To thaw, leave at room temperature for one hour, then pop them in a hot oven for a few minutes to crisp and warm up! Then top with icing and enjoy!
We don't recommend reheating these in a toaster as you would store-bought pop tarts. To eat them warm, pop them in a toaster oven or warm oven until just reheated!
Another one of our favorite recipes is our homemade strawberry pop tarts! If you love pop tarts, definitely give it a try!
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Homemade Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts
Ingredients
Apple Cinnamon Pop-Tarts
- 1 cup almond, oat, or regular milk
- 2 tablespoon regular brown sugar or purecane brown sugar substitute
- ¼ cup melted regular or vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ½ cup regular or gluten free all purpose flour If gluten-free, I recommend King Arthur Measure for Measure gluten-free flour. Please don't substitute any other flour such as almond flour, baking flour, etc.
- 2 tablespoon regular or non-dairy yogurt
Apple Cinnamon Filling
- ⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tablespoon purecane brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Vegan Cinnamon Icing
- 1 cup regular powdered sugar or purecane powdered sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon regular, almond, or oat milk
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- option to add sprinkles
Instructions
Apple Cinnamon Pop-tarts Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400
- Prepare the apple cinnamon filling by mixing the applesauce, cinnamon, and purecane brown sugar together. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the almond or oat milk, purecane brown sugar, melted vegan butter, vanilla, and baking powder together. Add the regular or gluten free flour and mix until a dough forms. If you are using gluten free flour, add 2 tablespoon of non dairy yogurt to the dough and use your hands to work it in.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangle. Use a knife to slice the dough into 24 squares or rectangles and set them aside.
- Melt 1-2 tablespoons of vegan butter in a small bowl and set aside.
- Place two of the rectangles onto the floured surface and lightly roll them until they are about ¼ inch thick. Place one of the rectangles onto the lined baking sheet. Add 1 tablespoon of the apple cinnamon filling in the center of the dough. Place the other rectangle of dough on top and use a fork to press down around the edges and seal the pop-tarts.
- Repeat this step until the baking sheet is full. Pierce each of the pop-tarts once or twice with the fork to create air holes. Use a pastry brush to brush the tops of each of the pop tarts with melted vegan butter.
- Once the baking sheet is full, bake the pop tarts in the oven for 15 minutes. Option to broil for 1-2 minutes at the end to give them more color. Continue to bake the remaining pop tarts until you've used all the dough.
- While the pop tarts are baking, make the cinnamon icing by mixing the purecane powdered sugar, vanilla, almond or oat milk, and cinnamon together. If the icing is too thick to spread, add a tiny bit more milk until it reaches your desired consistency.
- Once the pop-tarts are done baking, allow them to cool until warm. Ice them and option to top with sprinkles. Enjoy warm 🙂
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The recipes on Peanut Butter and Jilly can easily be adapted to fit a vegan lifestyle, a gluten-free lifestyle, or both depending on the ingredients you use. Please review the ingredients lists carefully and refer to our recommendations in the Notes of the recipe card to make this recipe compatible with your needs. Nutrition information provided is an estimate, and will vary based on specific brands of ingredients used and cooking methods.
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