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Healthy Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

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These homemade pumpkin pop tarts are a fall twist on a nostalgic treat, featuring a flaky, buttery pie crust filled with spiced pumpkin purée and finished with a sweet pumpkin spice icing. Perfect as a festive dessert or handheld snack, they’re customizable, freezer-friendly, and way better than store-bought!

  • Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
  • Yield: 12 pop tarts

Ingredients

Pie Dough:

340 g all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

230 g cold unsalted butter, cubed

140 g ice cold water

Filling:

200 g canned pumpkin purée

100 g brown sugar

½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

½ tsp vanilla extract

Egg Wash:

1 egg, beaten

Icing:

100 g powdered sugar

½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

2½ tsp milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Make the Dough: Mix flour and salt. Cut in cold butter to pea-sized pieces. Add ice water and mix until shaggy dough forms. Press and fold the dough (don’t knead), divide into two discs, wrap in plastic, and chill for at least 2 hours.
  2. Make the Filling: Mix pumpkin purée, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla in a bowl. Set aside.
  3. Assemble Pop Tarts: Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll dough to ⅛” thick. Cut into matching shapes (2.5″x3.5″ rectangles or themed cookie cutter shapes). Place half on lined baking sheet, add ~2 tbsp filling, cover with top piece, seal edges with fork, and brush tops with egg wash.
  4. Bake: Bake for 40 minutes or until golden. Cool completely.
  5. Make Icing: Mix powdered sugar, pumpkin spice, milk, and vanilla. Adjust thickness as needed.
  6. Glaze: Spoon icing over cooled pop tarts and spread.

Notes

  • Pumpkin Pie Spice DIY: Mix 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp ginger, ½ tsp nutmeg, ¼ tsp cardamom, and ¼ tsp cloves.
  • Storage: Best eaten fresh. Store in an airtight container at room temp for 2 days or in fridge for 5 days.
  • Freezing: Freeze unbaked assembled tarts for up to 1 month. Thaw overnight in fridge before baking.
  • Success Tips: Keep dough cold at all times. Roll dough thin (⅛”). Don’t overfill to prevent leaking.
  • Author: Monica
  • Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: undefined
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: undefined
  • Calories: 319 kcal
  • Sugar: 17 g
  • Sodium: 206 mg
  • Fat: 16 g
  • Saturated Fat: 10 g
  • Unsaturated Fat: undefined
  • Trans Fat: 1 g
  • Carbohydrates: 40 g
  • Fiber: 1 g
  • Protein: 4 g
  • Cholesterol: 55 mg