Homemade Nutella Toaster Pastries

If there are two things that my 6 year old loves, it’s Pop-Tarts and Nutella. She’s super picky when it comes to food and super tiny, but I have absolutely no doubt that if Kellogg’s were to ever start producing Nutella Pop-Tarts, she’d inhale an entire box in one sitting.

But alas, there is no such delicacy available right now… And so I was inspired to try making our own toaster pastries filled with ooey, gooey Nutella!

While you could certainly use a store bought refrigerated dough like I used with my cherry hand pies, I opted to make my own pastry dough this time around.

After reading that adding apple cider vinegar to your dough results in a flakier crust (apparently it prevents the formation of gluten), I decided to add two teaspoons of it to my favorite recipe. Result? It totally worked! The pastry crust was sooooo light and tender — totally worth the extra effort to make it by hand.

Be sure to let the dough chill for at least two hours before rolling it out. This allows the dough to relax, and it will roll out far easier when it’s cold. And don’t be afraid to use plenty of dough for rolling it out. You don’t want all of your hard work stuck to the countertop!

Don’t worry about being too precise when cutting out the rectangles for your toaster pastries. I think the irregular, rustic look just adds to their charm.

After cutting, filling, and sealing the toaster pastries, the final step before baking is to give them a quick brush with an egg wash. This adds a bit of sheen to the final product and gives them that lovely toasty brown color.

You could also give them a sprinkling of coarse sugar at this point, or give them a dusting of confectioners’ sugar after they’ve baked and cooled a bit. I opted to just leave them simple and plain though.

Although I really can’t imagine it, if you don’t like Nutella, you can easily swap in your favorite preserves instead!

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Homemade Nutella Toaster Pastries

Yield: 8 toaster pastries

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes

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Ingredients

For the dough

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter
• 6 to 8 tablespoons ice cold water
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

For the toaster pastries

• Nutella
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

For the dough

1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt.
2. Cut in very cold butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
3. Mix together 6 tablespoons of ice cold water and 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar. Sprinkle over the flour mixture in 1 tablespoon increments, fluffing with a fork between applications until the pastry is moist enough to hold together. You may add up to 2 more tablespoons of plain ice cold water if 6 is not enough.
4. Divide the dough in half and form each half into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least two hours.

For the toaster pastries

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Roll one disk of cold dough out and cut into 8 rectangles.
3. Lay the rectangles out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Top each rectangle with approximately 1 tablespoon of Nutella.
4. Roll out the second disk of cold dough out and again cut into 8 rectangles.
5. Lay one rectangle on top of each Nutella-covered rectangle and seal the edges by pressing them down with the tines of a fork. Prick the top of each pastry with the fork 4-5 times.
6. Whisk together one egg and 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the egg wash over the top of each pastry.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.

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My daughter gave these homemade toaster pastries a “thumbs up” — that’s a big kudos from her — as did the rest of the clan. While this breakfast isn’t as simple as picking up a box of Pop-Tarts at Walmart and popping them in the toaster, they’re perfect for a weekend breakfast or an afternoon snack!