Bloggers write great cookbooks. And I’m not just saying that because I’m INCREDIBLY BIASED. I’m saying that because I genuinely believe it. And I think I know why…it’s because food bloggers are the ULTIMATE cookbook fans.
We love ’em. We read them from cover to cover like novels. We hoard them (or at least I do). For some reason, we gravitate to information and stories that are told through the medium of food. Or at least, with a side of food.
After having gone through the whole process of creating my own cookbook, I only love them even more. Especially when I feel like I know the person who wrote the book, even a little bit, even just through the blogger world.
So recently the lovely Kate Doran from The Little Loaf (an amazing blog, a real OG of blogging) sent me a copy of her fricking brilliant book Homemade Memories. These super simple Homemade Pop Tarts are my verrry slight tweaking of a recipe from that book, and MAN OH MAN, did I love it.
Both the Homemade Pop Tarts and the book, I mean. The Pop Tarts are delicious – I added some cinnamon to the pastry and skipped making them whole-wheat because I guess I’m just a bad person. They’re gorgeous: buttery, simple, crisp, easy to make, just a straight up delight.
The book, I loved even more. Full of Kate’s great, friendly writing, her stories, and a bunch of recipes that I could easily work my way through and never be unhappy, or feel like anything was missing. PB&J Arctic Roll? Come on. Amazing.
So if you love baking, or cookbooks, or blogs as much as I do, then you should definitely grab a copy. It will make your week, I swear!
Now in the meantime I’m going to go and dip a nutella-filled Homemade Pop Tart into my coffee and finish watching this episode inside the Actor’s Studio with Dustin Hoffman. Good. Flippin’. Times.
xx Sarah.
- 1⅓ cups (200g) plain flour
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1 stick (115g) butter, cold
- 1 tsp cider vinegar
- ¼ cup cold water
- Jam, nutella, or whatever you want to fill them with.
- 1 egg, beaten
- Place the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt into the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- Cut the butter into small cubes, and then add to the mixer, and mix on a low speed until there are large flakes of butter.
- Mix the vinegar and water, and then slowly add a little at a time until the mixture looks like it's about to come together in a dough. Tip the dough out onto a work surface, knead the dough a few times to bring it together and divide into two pieces.
- Wrap in plastic and rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
- Roll each piece out to a 3-4mm thick rectangle, and cut out 6 equal sized rectangles from each piece.
- Place a tbsp of nutella or jam onto half of the rectangles, brush the edges with beaten egg, and then top with the remaining pieces pressing the edges firmly to seal.
- Slash the tops to let steam out, then place on a lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes of until golden brown, then leave to cool for a while and eat!
yay!!! i’m an og of blogging…love it!!! thank you for your kind words about my book and for posting your gorgeous version of the recipe, you rock :-) xxxxxxxxx
Love these – Gorgeous and easy – a winner! I still love getting cookbooks out to leaf through – blogs are amazing, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes it is lovely to have a hard copy and be able to see a whole collection of someone’s work – so impressive.
Gah!! Making poptarts at home sounds like a FAB idea! These look awesome!
DANG LADY! Yaas to pop-tarts of the homemade variety, polka-dot backgrounds, and hoarding cookbooks from bloggers we admire.
I’m about to make these with some orange marmalade yo.
I’m never going to be able to eat a storebought poptart again. These look so good, and love the sound of that cookbook, I’m definitely going to have to check it out! :)
I guess the oven temperature is suppose to be somewhere around 180 °C?
Correct – 180C.
Thanks! :)
I love reading cookbooks before I go to bed…it’s the best. People always laugh at me. I have poptarts every year at christmas and I bet I would have them more often if I made this recipe!!
Those look fantastic! I hope to get a hold of homemade memories soon, it sounds like a fab cookbook :)
SO JAZZED to get my mitts on this cookbook! And on those pop tarts, OBVI.
Homemade pop tarts have been on my list to make for ages now – these look amazing! I must get to it!
You’re totally right, Kate’s book is one of the best I’ve picked up in a long time. I love the nostaglic feel, it’s just so sweet and the recipes are ace! I’ve been working my way through them, but not got to pop tarts yet – they might just have to skip to the top of the list!