Strawberry pop tart cookies are a chewy sugar cookie full of crushed pop tarts. The pop tarts gives these cookies a jammy taste and a little crunch!
This recipe is easy to make and requires no chill time!
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THEM
They use simple ingredients. These cookies use basic baking ingredients that you probably already have in your cupboard.
No chill time. This sugar cookie dough requires no chilling.
Tastes amazing. These cookies have a buttery and slight strawberry jam flavour to them.
Perfect texture. These cookies are chewy and a hint of crunchiness for the pop tarts .
INGREDIENTS
- Butter- This recipes use salted butter at room temperature.
- White sugar
- Egg- 1 large whole egg.
- Vanilla extract
- Flour- All purpose flour works best.
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Strawberry Pop Tarts
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F and lining baking trays with parchment paper.
Cut the 4 pop tarts into smalls pieces and set aside.
In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This usually takes a good 5 minutes.
Add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix till well combined.
In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix till well combined.
Fold in the chopped pop tarts.
Scoop out 3 tbsp worth for dough and shape into a ball. Place on the baking sheet 2 inches apart. Gently pat the cookies down to form a puck.
Top cookies with coarse coloured sugar. *optional*
Bake for 11-12 minutes or until cookies are just starting to turn brown on the bottom. Once baked top with extra pop tart pieces.
Let cool on the baking sheet before moving. The cookies may look a little under done but will continue to cook on the hot pan and stiffen up.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
STORING THE COOKIES
These cookies should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. The cookies keep well up to five days.
CAN I FREEZE THEM?
Yes, you can freeze the cookie dough balls up to 3 months. They will need a minute or two extra time to bake.
HOW TO GET CHEWY COOKIES
The trick is to slightly under bake the cookies. Take them out when the centre looks a little soft. Leave them to cool on the tray. The residual heat from the tray will continue to cook the cookies. Once cooled the cookies will stiffen up and be chewy.
HOW TO GET PERFECTLY ROUND COOKIES
As soon as the baked cookies are pulled from the oven place a round cookie cutter (a little bit large than the cookies) around the cookies and gently swirl it around. This will give your cookie a round shape.
If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can use a glass or a jar lid.
CAN I MAKE THE COOKIES SMALLER?
Yes you can! You can scoop out 1.5t tbsp of dough and bake for 9 minutes.
WHAT DOES SPOONED AND LEVELLED FLOUR MEAN?
Spooned and levelled flour refers to the way of measuring flour. To properly measure flour you should scoop spoonfuls of flour into your measuring cup and then scrape with a knife to level off the access.
Scooping the measuring cup directly into your flour cause the flour to compress and getting more than the recipe calls for.
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Strawberry Pop Tart Cookies
Equipment
- large and medium bowls
- baking sheets
- measuring cups/spoons
Ingredients
- 1 C salted butter at room temperature
- 1 & 1/3 C white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 & 1/2 C all purpose flour spooned and levelled*
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 strawberry pop tarts plus extra pop tarts for topping the cookies
- coloured coarse sugar for topping the cookies optional*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cut the 4 pop tarts into smalls pieces and set aside.4 strawberry pop tarts
- In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This usually takes a good 5 minutes.1 C salted butter, 1 & 1/3 C white sugar
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix till well combined.1 large egg, 2 tsp vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.2 & 1/2 C all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix till well combined.
- Fold in the chopped pop tarts.4 strawberry pop tarts
- Scoop out 3 tbsp worth for dough and shape into a ball. Place on the baking sheet 2 inches apart. Gently pat the cookies down to form a puck. Top cookie dough with coloured sugar. *optional*coloured coarse sugar for topping the cookies
- Bake for 11-12 minutes or until cookies are just starting to turn brown on the bottom. Once baked top with extra pop tart pieces.
- Let cool on the baking sheet before moving. The cookies may look a little under done but will continue to cook on the hot pan and stiffen up.
Notes
Emma
I loved these cookies! They were pretty easy to make and were so good! Super fun are creative!!