Linzer Pop Tarts

This recipe was first published in February 2012.  Updated December 2022

This is a pastry that takes on the elements of an Italian tart made with a buttery pastry, yielding the right amount of flakiness.  Simple and delicious, perfect for brunch.

A Simple Jam Crostata

A Crostata is one of those desserts that is known and made all throughout Italy, a rustic version of an open fruit tart.

The shortbread crust is unique in that it is made with flour, sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and baking powder.  It is filled with the traditional jam, but there are new ingredients that have swept across the United States, Nutella, ricotta, and pastry cream.  

Today, Linzer Pop Tarts are on our brunch table for Christmas and other special occasions. Before my children married, I would make them as a pastry, like a cookie.  

And then we began to enjoy them better warm out of the oven.  That is when I started making them for our Christmas Brunch. They evolved into a pop tart.

As it probably happens to other bloggers on Christmas morning, I never get any food pictures for my blog because we eat them up so fast.

I made these at 5:30 in the morning a few weeks ago for my daughter to take to her Mom's Group. As soon as the sun came up, I started taking pictures.

It was so hard not to eat some as soon as they came out of the oven. That is what is so good about this recipe….you can eat them any time for any occasion.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE LINZER POP TARTS, A SIMPLE JAM CROSTATA

All purpose flour

Granulated sugar

Baking powder

Butter

Whole eggs

Egg yolks

Pure Vanilla

Blackberry jam

Apricot jam

Strawberry jam

HOW TO MAKE LINZER POP TARTS, A SIMPLE JAM CROSTATA

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and baking powder.

Cut in butter till mixture resembles pea size crumbs.

In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla; add to dry ingredients and mix well.

Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface; pull the dough together in a ball without working it too much.

Reserve 1/3 of the dough and place it in the refrigerator.

Roll the remaining dough into a 15 x 10" rectangle on a lightly floured surface.

Lift the dough and place in a 14.5" x 10 rectangle baking pan. (You can slightly roll the dough, place it in a baking dish, and pat it to fit the pan).

Spread blackberry jam on a third of the dough, spread apricot jam on the next third of the dough, and spread strawberry jam on the last third.

Roll the remaining dough into a 12 x 10 rectangle. Cut 1/2" wide strips.

Carefully arrange strips into lattice top diagonally over jam dough.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the dough is golden brown. 

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