Brown Sugar Cinnamon Poptart Bars

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Poptart Bars

from cookiesfordays.com
Breakfast
37 min
16 servings
228 kcal / serving

Is this the most fun dessert I’ve made in a while? Yes. This is a GIANT Pop-tart bar with the iconic brown sugar cinnamon poptart filling and frosting that you remember from when you were a kid.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cupsalted butter, softened
  • ¾ cupgranulated sugar
  • 1egg
  • 1 ½ tspvanilla
  • 2 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tspbaking powder
  • 1 tbspcanola oil
  • ¼ cupmelted butter
  • 1 cuplight brown sugar
  • 2 tbspall-purpose flour
  • 2 tspground cinnamon
  • 2 ½ tbspvery warm water, plus more as needed
  • ½ tbsplight corn syrup
  • ¼ cupdark brown sugar
  • ¼ tspclear vanilla flavoring
  • 1 ½ cupspowdered sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).

  2. 2

    In the bowl of a stand mixer or with an electric hand mixer, combine the butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture.

  3. 3

    Scrape the sides and add in the egg and vanilla.

  4. 4

    Once combined, add the flour, baking powder, and canola oil. Mix until a soft dough comes together. Divide the dough in half.

  5. 5

    Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and press half of the dough into the parchment paper. Alternatively, you can use a rolling pin to roll it out into a rectangle on parchment paper and then cut to fit the 9×13 pan. Remove the parchment paper and dough and place in the freezer.

  6. 6

    Grease the 9x13 pan with non-stick spray and then press the remaining half of the dough into the bottom of the pan. The dough will be thin, just work slowly until the bottom of the pan is evenly covered.

  7. 7

    In a medium sized bowl, combine the ingredients for the filling until you achieve a wet sand texture.

  8. 8

    Spread the filling onto the bottom cookie crust in the pan, leaving the edges empty so we can crimp the top and bottom crust together.

  9. 9

    Remove the rolled out cookie dough from the freezer. Remove the parchment paper and gently place the dough on top of the filling.

  10. 10

    Use the tongs of a fork to gently crimp the edges and then cut a few venting slits or holes.

  11. 11

    Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 17-20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

  12. 12

    Remove from the oven and allow the poptart to cool completely.

  13. 13

    Once cool, make the glaze by whisking together the warm water, corn syrup, dark brown sugar, and clear vanilla in a medium sized bowl.

  14. 14

    Slowly add the powdered sugar to the water mixture, whisking constantly until all of the powdered sugar has been incorporated.

  15. 15

    Add warm water 1/4 tsp at a time until you reach a slow dripping consistency.

  16. 16

    Carefully remove the baked pop tart from the pan and pour/spread the glaze onto the top of the pop-tart.

  17. 17

    Allow the icing to set completely before cutting.

  18. 18

    Enjoy!