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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Clever Tart

I've seen those little pop-tart presses (oh, sorry, toaster pastry press) at stores lately, so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon (hopefully the wagon is carrying Elbow; they seem fun) and try to make my own breakfast treats.

I had apples and bananas around, so I made apple pie and banana-chocolate-chip versions…  Because breakfast should always include chocolate.  Is that gross?

Ingredients

– 2 tubes of refrigerated crescent rolls

– an apple

– a banana

– some chocolate chips

– a little flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon

– buttermilk caramel syrup (that stuff from the last Pinterest Project)

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I used my crazy apple peeler-corer for the second time ever to uh, peel and core AND slice the apples.  I'm pretty sure I got that doohickey from my in-laws and was like, "What is this thing?"  And then I was all like, "Oh, for making pies and stuff."  And then three years later I actually used it and it is fun.  Nerdy kitchen fun.  Did everyone have these when they were growing up?  I had never seen one until it was mine.  Kind of like how I encountered a baby for the first time.  

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I threw the apples in a pan with some of that awesome syrup to saute the apples a bit.  Soften 'em up and whatnot.  I'm sure butter is acceptable if you don't have Awesome Syrup.

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While the apples were getting awesome, I smashed the banana with a little flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon.  The flour seemed like something a cook would add.  I had no other reasoning behind throwing it in.

Then I unrolled a roll of… rolls and glued two triangles together with a little water to make rectangles.  Piled on a little hot apple or bananas with chocolate chips.

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Unrolled another roll of rolls and glued those triangles together, too.  Made little rectangle sandwiches and forked them (don't know the technical word for smushing around the edge with a fork).  Put them in a 350 degree oven until they were golden brown (maybe 10-15 minutes). 

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Then…

Ate them.

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They were awesome.

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The only problem I had was keeping the triangles of dough together.  Apparently you can buy the dough roll in a big sheet.  That would be easier.  Next time.  

Happy Tuesday.

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6 responses to “Clever Tart”

  1. Marsha Avatar
    Marsha

    YES! Those look fabulous! And chocolate for breakfast? Would that be like starting the meal with a piece of leftover Halloween candy??? I watched part of The Biggest Loser lawt night and one thing featured was the previous giant meals that the competiors used to eat. One of them featured biscuits with chocolate gravy. Although my hubby was grossed out, it made sense to me, sadly. And speaking of the hubby, I need to get him one of your apple toys!

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  2. Linnea Avatar
    Linnea

    Chocolate gravy totally makes sense to me. I look at the ‘posh-tarts’ that are at Kowalski’s on sale in the deli for $7, and wonder if I can make something even more delicious for less than $7. Now, I see i can! And damn… now stuck with the single girl dilemma… I will make a tray… and do my darndest to eat the whole tray. I WILL eat myself sick. Unless some lovelies want to come over and help me?

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  3. Kate Bratt Avatar
    Kate Bratt

    Uh. I think I just ate one of those gigantic meals. Now I see the problem with having children… Leftover Halloween candy.
    The apple toy is very neat and can apparently be used to peel potatoes, make shoestring fries and some other fun foods. Highly recommend!

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  4. Kate Bratt Avatar
    Kate Bratt

    Lady (Linnea),
    I think you could potentially make ONE tart and just refrigerate the rest of the dough. Yep. But I’m all for storming your house and eating breakfast with you.
    (I almost wrote “storming your castle”, but decided against it…)

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  5. Linnea Avatar
    Linnea

    You can storm my castle anyday… Wait… what? I truly believe that baked goodies should only be made by the trayful. But, I may need a fridge/cupboard/oven/secret hiding spot lock.

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  6. Rachael (Severson) Abrahamson Avatar
    Rachael (Severson) Abrahamson

    Made these also this past weekend (apparently when the boys are away the girls will eat) and they too were delicious! Didn’t have the awesome syrup for the apples, too lazy for that extra step, but substituted butterscotch ice cream topping with butter and some cinnamon, I know it sounds weird, but it was delicious. Thanks for the awesome recipes, keep em’ coming!

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