Toaster Pastries

Modified: Apr 30, 2024 · Published: Mar 11, 2016 by Lainey · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Hi everyone, it’s Lainey and welcome back to Simply Bakings! Today I'm sharing another delicious recipe with you sponsored by Crisco Scratch Academy. I'll tell you more about the Scratch Academy later but in the meantime, I’m going to share with you how to make 3 flavors of mini Toaster Pastries!

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Tips and Tricks for Making This Toaster Pastries Recipe:

Make sure not to overfill your toaster pastry. Put just enough of each flavor.
For a more festive look, you can pour white sugar glaze and put some colorful sprinkles on top. I am sure kids will love it!
If you have time to wait and refrigerate your pastry crust, do it. This will improve the texture of the crust.

How to Make this Toaster Pastries Recipe:

Gather the ingredients for this Toaster pastries recipe and once the ingredients are all ready, let's begin!

Here's how to make the pastry crust:

In a large mixing bowl add the flour, shortening, sugar, salt and use a pastry cutter to blend it together until crumbly. Then in a small bowl mix the water and egg. Add it into the flour mixture and mix until it’s well combined:

Split the dough in half and chill both halves in the refrigerator until ready to use:

However since we are going to use it immediately, sprinkle some flour over your working space.

Roll out the pastry crust to about ⅛ inch thick and cut it into the sizes you want for the toaster pastries.:

I’m going to use a ruler and a pizza cutter to help me keep my lines straight. (dimensions will be in the description box):

Remember every pastry crust you slice, make a matching one to cover it. Don't forget to brush egg wash over the pastry crust before using it, just like so:

To make the Chocolate Chip Flavor:

As I have mentioned above which is brush egg wash on the toaster pastries and poke the top pastry crust using a fork a couple of times.

Then for the chocolate chip filling, in a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, and eggs until light and fluffy.

Then add the salt, all-purpose flour, and chocolate chips and mix until just combined:

Take about 1 tablespoon of chocolate chip dough and flatten it, place it on the bottom of the pastry crust, and take the top pastry crust and cover it. Don’t forget to use a fork to press around the edges of the toaster pastries:

To make the S'mores flavor:

Brush egg wash on the toaster pastries to give it a nice golden color and poke the top pastry crust a couple of times to allow the heat to release so it won’t explode.

Spread some marshmallow creme on the bottom toaster pastry, next add some chocolate spread:

Then sprinkle graham cracker pieces. Be careful not to add too much because sometimes less is more:

To make the Cranberry flavor:

Repeat process as above.

Now bake the toaster pastry at 350F for about 17‐20 minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions for the Toaster Pastries Recipe:

Q: How many servings would this recipe do?

A: This delicious and easy toaster pastry recipe could make six up to 10 pieces, depending on how big your slices are.

Q: Do I need to poke the pastry crust? Will it not make the filling come out during baking?

A: Yes, that step is necessary. It prevents the pastry from "exploding" while baking. Also, you have to poke holes that are not so big so the filling would just be intact while baking.