Homemade Sweet Potato Pie Mini Pop Tarts
 
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Your favorite childhood breakfast got a makeover!! Fancy sweet potato pie filled mini pop tarts with cranberry sauce! Breakfast can't get better!
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Ingredients
Crust
  • 2.5 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 10 tbsp chilled unsalted butter, cut in small pieces or grated on a grater
  • ⅓ cup solid vegetable shortening, cut into pieces
  • 6 tbsp ice water
Filling
  • 2 large sweet potato, boiled, peeled and pureed
  • 6 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
Cranberry Sauce
  • ½ cup fresh cranberries
  • ⅓ cup water
  • ⅙ cup sugar
  • ⅛ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp cinnamon powder
Instructions
For Crust
  1. Stir flour, sugar and salt together in a bowl using spatula.
  2. Add butter and shortening and using a pastry cutter or simply your fingers work it together, until it resembles a coarse meal.
  3. Add 6 tbsp iced water and mix until moist clumps form. Add more water by tsps if desired and until the dough gathers into a ball.
  4. Divide the dough into half. Flatten each piece and wrap in a plastic wrap.
  5. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours. (At this point, dough can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let it soften to room temp before rolling out)
For filling
  1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together until a smooth paste forms. Taste and adjust if needed.
For Sauce
  1. In a pot, add all the ingredients and bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes or until it starts to thicken. Puree. Keep aside.
Assembling
  1. Roll out the dough and cut in 4*2 inch rectangles. Place a dollop of filling in the center of half of those rectangles. Using a spoon flatten the filling a bit and place the other rectangle on top. Using a fork, seal the edges.
  2. Transfer them on to a lined baking sheet and bake at 375F for 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Notes
You might end up with some extra dough. You can always wrap it tightly with a plastic and store in refrigerator and use later for pies or tarts.
Recipe by Naive Cook Cooks at https://www.naivecookcooks.com/homemade-sweet-potato-pie-mini-pop-tarts/