Homemade Huckleberry Toaster Pastries

Ingredients

Toaster Pastry Crust

1 cup butter cold
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
3-4 tbsp ice cold water
1 egg

Vanilla Icing

1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsp heavy cream

Huckleberry Jam

2 cups huckleberries
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

Huckleberry Jam

Place the washed and rinsed huckleberries in a pot with the sugar and lemon juice.
Cook over medium-high heat until huckleberry mixture comes to a rolling boil.
Reduce heat to medium and continue boiling and stirring for 10 minutes or until your jam reaches the gel stage.
Set aside to cool.

Homemade Pie Crust

In a small cup add cold water with a few ice cubes. Set aside for later.
In a large bowl add shredded cold butter, salt and flour. Using a pastry cutter or two knives cut together the flour and butter until it resembles crumbly flour.
Slowly add in the ice cold water until the dough starts to come together. Once the dough starts to come together pour onto a counter and use your hands to combine the dough.

Toaster Pastries

Preheat oven to 425.
Roll out pie crust to your desired thickness, cut dough into rectangles (about 3"x4" in size)
On half of your rectangles spread your jam. I like to use 1-2 tbsp per pastry. Leaving a 1/2" perimeter around your rectangle jam free.
Top each jam crust with a second layer of crust and use a fork to crimp the edges to seal the two pieces of crust together. Place each crimped tart onto a baking sheet.
In a small bowl combine 1 egg with 1 tbsp water. Mix to combine.
Brush each tart with this egg wash and place in oven. Bake for 12-15 minutes until crust is golden brown.

Vanilla Icing

While the tarts are baking combine powdered sugar, vanilla extract and heavy cream. Start with a smaller amount of heavy cream and add in enough to create a pourable consistency of frosting.
Remove tarts from the oven and spread a generous amount of frosting on the top. You can allow these to cool so that the frosting stays on thicker or eat straight from the oven if you have zero patience like me.

Notes

Gel Phase Test - Pour a small amount of boiling jelly on a plate, and put it in the freezer for a few minutes. If the mixture gels, it should be done. During this test, the rest of the jelly mixture should be removed from the heat.

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