I have been wanting to try to make homemade toaster pastries ever since I saw them in the book, The Homemade Pantry: 100 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making. It’s actually not too hard to make them. All you need is a basic pie crust recipe and whatever fillings you want to put inside the pastries.
I had Nutella, Strawberry and Grape Jam on hand, so that is what we used today. Even though my 5-year-old’s first reaction to the homemade toaster pastries was, “These don’t taste like the ones we get at the grocery store,” he still liked the Nutella ones a lot. I liked the Strawberry ones.
How To Make Homemade Toaster Pastries
What You Will Need:
- Your Basic Pie Crust (made ahead of time so it has time to refrigerate at least 2 hours)
- 1 Egg
- 1 T. water
- Pastry Filling (Jam, Nutella, Whatever You Think Will Taste Good!)
- Optional: Powdered Sugar
Directions:
- Beat the egg with the water to make an “egg wash” and set aside.
- Roll out your pie crust dough until it is a thin rectangle shape. Trim the uneven edges from the large rectangle, then cut the big rectangle into smaller rectangles. Mine were about 4 inches by 2.5 inches, but your pastries can be as big or small as you want to make them.
- Use a pastry brush to brush a small amount of the egg wash onto one of the small rectangles.
- Spread 1 T. of filling on the rectangle, then cover the filling layer with another small rectangle. Brush the top with the egg wash.
- Seal the top rectangle to the bottom rectangle by pressing along the edges all the way around with a fork. Poke a few holes in the top layer with a fork.
Repeat Steps 3-5 until all the small rectangles have been made into pastries.
Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until pastries are golden brown on top. Allow to cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
What would you use to fill YOUR Homemade Toaster Pastries? Let me know what sounds delicious to you in the comments.
Robin O says
Toaster Pastries from the store actually have a fairly artificial taste, so I bet these don’t taste anything like them and would be difficult to compare. However, I expect these would be much more flavorful (and REAL)! I would love to try filling them with almond butter and mashed berries.
heather says
These look so delish and I love that you control what’s in them much better than the store ones
Small Footprints says
I really like this idea! Processed foods contain so many unhealthy ingredients … making your own, at home, is so much healthier. I’d love to try some kind of fruit inside … almost like a pie. Wonder if that would work. Do you have any suggestions for an “egg” wash for vegans? Thanks so much for sharing!
Nicole says
Hi there! Welcome back! So glad CTWW is up and running again. 🙂
I am sure that you could put fruit inside and bake it just like a pie. Even these little pastries smelled just like a pie baking in my oven. My kids may actually like it better with real fruit instead of jam. Thanks for suggesting that!
About the egg wash for vegans, that is a great question. I am not sure about that. I will poke around the internet and if I see any ideas, I’ll let you know. I’m not even totally sure if it is necessary at all.