Taste Buds: Ice Cream Donuts and Homemade Pop Tarts

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Stephanie Hansen celebrates creative bakers putting a playful spin on classic treats in this episode of "Taste Buds."

First, Waddup Dough! owner Seneca Little demonstrates his signature creation: a warm Bismarck donut filled with a scoop of cold ice cream, sealed in a press machine and finished with toppings like Fruity Pebbles, graham cracker crumbs or Kit Kat pieces.

Then Stephanie visits Emily Lauer at Fruit & Grain Bakery. Emily started selling handmade pop tarts at a local farmers market nearly 10 years ago. She takes Stephanie through her process for making flaky, buttery dough from scratch and assembling her top-selling blueberry lemon curd flavor.

Back in her kitchen, Stephanie tests a shortcut version of toaster pastries using store-bought puff pastry, blackberry jam and a quick powdered sugar glaze. The result has since been renamed to a Toaster Strudel Copycat.

Toaster Strudel Copycats

Ingredients for the pastry:

• 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
• 1/2 cup jam
• 1 tsp water
• 1 large egg

Ingredients for the icing:

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp jam
• 3 tsp milk
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon zest

Instructions are available in the video above and here.