merryb wrote:
> On Oct 23, 12:37 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> merryb wrote:
>>> Tried to post the whole cookbook, but can't seem to do it- if you'd
>>> like to email me, I'll gladly send it to you! Here is the copycat
>>> recipe for PopTarts;
>>> 3/4 cup shortening
>>> 3/4/cup sugar
>>> 3 eggs
>>> 3 3/4 cups flour
>>> 3 tsp baking powder
>>> 1/2 cup fruit preserves
>>> Frosting;
>>> 1/2 cup powdered sugar
>>> 1/2 tsp vanilla
>>> 2 TBLS milk
>>
>> (snippage)
>>
>> Seems like a hell of a lot of work to copy Pop Tarts! Granted, it
>> doesn't contain all those things no one can pronounce so I suppose
>> that's a bonus if you like that sort of thing for breakfast
>>
>> Jill
>
> That's why I used a cookie cutter! Not my first choice of a new recipe
> to try, but I used home made preserves, so I suppose that helped a
> little- it was mostly for the 11 year old. Give him a pop tart and a
> can of Chef Boyardee raviolis and he's in heaven!!


Heh, I resemble those days... in the 1960's LOL No way would my mother have
gone out of her way to replicate Pop Tarts (or make preserves). Kudos

Jill