Who doesn’t love pop-tarts? They are designated as a “breakfast” food but have all the benefits of a great dessert with sprinkles and frosting. Now that’s something I can get on board with. Duvel is the perfect beer to add to dough so it doesn’t overwhelm the flavors, and same goes for the frosting. It adds a lovely subtle fruity quality.

Ingredients:

Dough-

2 cups AP Flour

1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (cold, cut into small cubes)

1 large egg

2 tablespoons of beer

Filling-

Nutella!

Frosting-

1 cup unsalted pistachios, finely crushed

2-3 cups sifted powdered sugar

1/4 cup beer

crushed pieces of pistachios to garnish

Directions:

1. Whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Incorporate the cold butter either with a food processor until sandy, or using your hands until the mix comes together. Whisk egg and beer together and start adding to the flour mixture in quantities of a teaspoon until well incorporated. You might not need all the liquid.

2. Once your dough has come together, and is not falling apart or too wet, split in half and wrap in plastic wrap (forming two discs) and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes until completely chilled.

3. Allow your dough to come up to temp a little at room temp, sitting on your kitchen counter for like 10 minutes, then roll out on a well-floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut dough into rectangles using a pizza cutter or cookie cutter, and place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat. Fill the cut dough with Nutella (or any filling of choice) and press the sides together with a fork. Poke the top of the pop-tart with a toothpick so air can escape while cooking and place in the freezer to set for about 15 minutes.

4. Heat your oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 20 minutes rotating once, or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely.

5. Crush the pistachios with either a food processor or with a blender, not enough to make peanut butter but enough to be able to make a nut dust. Filter the bigger pieces from the finely ground nut dust, and save the nut dust to incorporate with the powdered sugar. Add beer to make the frosting. You might want to add more beer for a looser frosting or less for a thicker frosting, depending on preference.

6. Spoon frosting over cooled pop-tarts and sprinkle with crushed pistachio nuts for garnish. Allow frosting to set-up, for at least 3o minutes. Keep in airtight containers.

The pop-tarts will last for at the most about 4-5 days. They were a huge hit at my office, especially with Jenny, who was the inspiration for the flavor combination of pistachios and chocolate! I hope everyone makes these, they were awesome.

Yield: 12-18 pop-tarts

Lasts: 4-5 days

Season: Any

Skill Level: Any