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“Healthified” Poptart Recipe:

1/2 cup vanilla egg white or whey protein

3/4 cup blanched almond flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt

1/4 cup butter or coconut oil

3 TBS Swerve (or a few drops of stevia)

2-3 TBS water(just enough to hold dough together)

2 eggs (for egg wash)

FILLING OPTIONS:

9 TBS Homemade “Healthified” Nutella

9 TBS Homemade Nut Butter (I suggest Pecan or Macadamia nut butter! YUM!) (recipes for Pecan Butter, Macadamia Nut Butter and Almond Butter can be found in my cookbook: The Art of Eating Healthy).

9 TBS “Healthified” Jelly (click HERE to find recipe)

GLAZE:

1 tsp cherry/vanilla/almond extract or other like apple extract

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup confectioners Swerve (or powdered erythritol and 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (200 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the whey, almond flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until the butter lumps are smaller than peas. Stir in the almond milk (or water) and sweetener to form a stiff dough.

On parchment paper, place 10 balls of dough a few inches apart. Shape with hands into rectangle shapes (size of a PopTart).

Beat the egg and brush it over the entire surface of the rectangles. Even the “insides” of the tart; the egg is to help glue the lid on. Place a heaping tablespoon of filling into the center of each rectangle, keeping a bare 1/2-inch perimeter around it. Place a second rectangle of dough atop the first, using your fingertips to press firmly around the pocket of filling, sealing the dough well on all sides. Press the tines of a fork all around the edge of the rectangle. Repeat with remaining tarts.

Gently place the tarts on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Prick the top of each tart multiple times with a fork; you want to make sure steam can escape, or the tarts will become fluffy pillows instead of flat toaster pastries (my mistake number 1). Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges are lightly browned. Cool in oven to crisp up. While it bakes, prepare the glaze. In a medium sized bowl, place the 1/2 cup coconut oil (warm it until melted), extract and confectioners Swerve and mix well. Set aside to cool a bit. Spread over Pop Tarts. Makes 5 servings.

Pop Tart Minis: These are tough, but SO cute! This recipe will make a batch of 16 2 1/4″ x 3″ rectangles.

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)

Kellog’s Pop Tart = 200 calories, 5g fat, 2g protein, 37g carbs, 1g fiber (36g effective carbs)

Healthified Pop Tart = 206 calories, 18g fat, 7.3g protein, 3.8g carbs, 1.8g fiber (2g effective carbs)