A pumpkin pie, a cheesecake and a pop tart just got together had a baby and created this delicious pop tart.
This has to be one of my favorite combinations during the this pumpkin spice season. I've made a pumpkin spice cheesecake for the holidays for the last couple of years.
If you have been following my blog you would have seen several other pumpkin spice post: Pumpkin Spice Extract, Pumpkin Spice Syrup, Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter, Pumpkin Spice Pound Cake, and Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies.
So this year I decided to combine a pumpkin pie and a cheesecake in a little pastry instead of making a whole pumpkin spice cheesecake. I will be making hand pies closer to the holiday dinner season called Thanksgiving in America so keep an eye out for that.
I've made some other tasty pop tart last month Maple Brown Sugar Cinnamon.
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Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Pop Tarts
Time
Prep: 15 minutes
Chilling: 2 hours
Baking: 20 to 25 minutes
Note: This is a double recipe from the original.
Ingredients
Cinnamon Pastry Crust
5 cups Unbleached All Purpose Flour
16 ounces (4 sticks) Unsalted Butter, cubed and cold
2/3 cups Sugar
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Sea Salt
2 to 3 tablespoons Milk
2 eggs
Cheesecake Filling
3 ounces Cream Cheese, room temperature2 Tablespoon Sour Cream
1 egg
1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Unbleached All Purpose Flour
Pumpkin Pie Filling
1/2 cup Pumpkin Butter or Pumpkin Puree making sure its not pie filling
1 tablespoon Pumpkin Spice
Egg Wash
1 egg
1 teaspoon Milk
Cinnamon Pastry Crust
1. Combine all purpose flour, sea salt, sugar and cinnamon. Add chilled and cubed butter to the flour and cut butter into the flour with a pastry blend until small chunks.
2. Mix milk and egg together in a separate bowl. Add half to the flour-butter mixture and gently mix then add the last to the flour and tip over onto a flour surface. Gently kneed the dough until it holds together. Wrap in plastic and pop into the freezer for 30 minutes.
Cheesecake Filling
3.In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, egg, vanilla extract, sugar and flour. Mix together with a hand mixer until well combined. Place in refrigerator.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
4. Combine pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice, set aside. If using pumpkin butter can skip this step.
Assemble
5. On a piece of flour waxed paper, roll out dough to a 1/4 inch thick. Cut out dough into a 3 by 5 rectangles.
6. Transfer pastry crust onto parchment paper cover cookie sheet. Spoon on 1 teaspoons of pumpkin pie filling then 1 teaspoon of cheesecake filling.
7. Press edges down to seal it then go around with a fork. Puncture the top with a fork once. Chill pastries for 30 minutes.
8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees if your oven runs hot). Whisk together egg and milk. Brush egg wash onto prepared pastries. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Let pop tarts cool on the pan for 5 minutes then remove from pan to cool completely. Store in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks.
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I always thought pumpkin spice and cream cheese go well together.
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! I love making poptarts at home, so much better than the store bought ones!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious idea for a fall treat! Looks so yummy :)
ReplyDeleteperfect recipe for the season!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun recipe! It looks like a very satisfying treat! I'd probably eat this for breakfast :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! I'm so making this pop tarts! such a great idea. 😊
ReplyDeleteThese sound like the perfect Fallish pop tarts. And I love anything with cream cheese & pumpkin. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThese look like the perfect Fall-ish pop tarts. And I love anything with cream cheese & pumpkin. Great combination.Yum!
ReplyDeleteThat is so fun! These sound way better than the store bought kind! Perfect for fall!
ReplyDeletewhere has this been all my life! Yum yum yum!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! They remind me of when I was a kid and ate pop tarts everyday for breakfast :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks and sounds so delicious. It is perfect for Halloween. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletePumpkin anything sounds good to me and this recipe looks extra delicious - you're making me really hungry as always. LOL! I think I'm gonna try to make this, I hope it comes out equally yummy as yours. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou come up with such great recipe ideas! I want to try this one too but with sweet potatoes.
ReplyDeleteThese sounds so yummy and fun! I will have to whip them up with my niece for a Thanksgiving breakfast!
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy! I love the creativity here :) What a fun fall recipe!
ReplyDeleteThe best of so many desserts - Pumpkin Pie, Cheesecake, and Pastry....sounds delicious. And, since you can hold them in your hands, these would be perfect to take trick-or-treating next week.
ReplyDeleteThat recipe definitely wins it, especially since you can have it for breakfast. I love that combination of pumpkin and cheesecake. I'm sure this tastes amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love pop tarts and these sounds amazing. I can’t wait to try it. My children would love, homemade pop tarts.
ReplyDeletethis is the coolest homemade poptart ever! i love how seasonally appropriate it is for right now too. it would travel great for breakfast on the go too.
ReplyDeleteI Love how these turned out. Never tried making pop tarts. Should try that soon
ReplyDeleteThose pop tarts look so good. It has been a while since I made pop tarts so I will be trying your recipe. I think the cream cheese and pumpkin spice combo would be so delicious!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm, these look fantastic! and Kerrygold butter is sublime! These look like they are super flaky too, just the way they should be. Love all things pumpkin!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This really is a unique combination. I'm really intrigued by it so fortuately for me it looks incredibly easy to veganise. Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! Very Fall appropriate. I will try to make it at home.
ReplyDeleteYum! My kids would really enjoy these and I love that drizzle over the top. So perfect for the season.
ReplyDeleteI am not normally a pop tart fan, but this idea makes me think I should try! The flavor combinations sounds lovely, and it seems more like a pie than the pop tarts that I am thinking of. I'll give it a whirl. :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic autumn recipe. Just perfect for the coming festive season, both casual and formal affairs!
ReplyDeleteThis has Halloween written all over it! I saw your other pop tart recipe and since then I've been trying to convince myself to make some, what intimidates me is the crust! I should get over myself and make this one!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun recipe! I do love all of the pumpkin treats that come around this time of year. Pumpkin is my favorite fruit :)
ReplyDeleteHalloween or not, these are delicious. Super easy recipe too. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese look so warm and delicious! I love the combination of pumpkin spice and cream cheese. These are great for a mid morning snack.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW!!! I swear I can smell these babies all the way over here!!! <3
ReplyDeleteI was thinking to make pop tarts with Fall flavors for my children this days as I have plenty of homemade pumpkin purée, I have to try this recipe!
ReplyDeleteOh this looks so delicious! My kids will definitely love this. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like an amazing combination! The kids will love it!
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