Homemade Almond Butter

I feel like almond butter is extremely expensive to buy, and in Denmark it is pretty much impossible to find. I haven't seen it anyhow, but then it's good that it is so easy to make homemade! Pretty much all you need is almonds. And then a little bit of salt if you want. 

All you do is just blend about 2 cups of almonds in a blender or a food processor until the oils starts to separate, and it magically turns into a almond butter. It's really that easy, so I truly don't understand why more people don't make it homemade.

And just FYI it's not just almonds you can do this with. You can use pretty much all kinds of nuts, so if you want to make peanut butter, or cashew butter, go for it! It's the exact same procedure. 

Homemade Poptarts

Poptarts are really good. I think we all agree on that. But how on earth is it possible to stuff 200 calories in one piece?! And seriously, I don't think I could pronounce half of the ingredients. I mean, yes they might be good, but let's see if it's possible to make some that are at least as good, but homemade. Yes please.

Ingredients:

For Homemade Poptarts:
1½ cups strawberries, chopped
4 cup sugar
1-2 Tablespoons of honey
Homemade or store bought pie dough
1 egg white (from pasteurized eggs)
1¼ cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp water

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Combine strawberries, sugar and honey with a splash of water into a saucepan. Heat over medium heat while stirring and mashing until filling has thickened (for 20 to 30 minutes). Allow your filling to cool completely.
3. Roll your pie dough on a lightly floured surface until desired thickness is achieved.
4. Cut rectangles 3″ by 4″ out to make poptarts. Roll excess dough and re-cut if necessary. You will need two rectangles to make one poptart.
5. Place one row of rectanges down on baking sheet.
6. Spoon approximately 1 TB of strawberry filling onto the center each rectangle, making sure to spread only slightly.
7. Carefully, with a pastry brush or your finger, brush milk onto edges of dough. Lay the second rectangle over the top and press down with your fingers along the edge to close the poptarts.
8. Using a fork press the back of a fork along all the edges to completely seal poptarts.
9. Cut a few tiny slits in the top of each poptart.
10. Bake until golden brown, for 25 to 30 minutes.
11. Place poptarts on wire racks and allow to cool completely.
12. To make icing, simply just combine powdered sugar and water, and you have a perfect icing.
13. Frost your Homemade poptarts and top with sprinkles if desired and enjoy!