Good food, made wonderfully simple.

Homemade cookies and cream pop tarts enclose a cool, speckled cheesecake filling in tender black-cocoa pastry, then add a thin vanilla glaze and a shower of chocolate-cookie crumbs. They have that dark cookie shell and pale cream contrast people love, but in a buttery handheld pastry with crimped, crisp edges. The resulting recipe makes eight…

raspberry jam pop tarts bring crisp, buttery edges and a bright berry center to the breakfast table without a long dough project. These homemade raspberry pop tarts use refrigerated pie crust, so the pastry stays wonderfully flaky while a quick cornstarch-thickened seedless jam makes the filling glossy, spoonable, and much less likely to escape. Each…

Homemade pumpkin pie pop tarts turn a few fall staples into a handheld pastry with crisp, buttery edges and a thick pumpkin-spice center. The filling is cooked briefly before it goes into the crust, which helps it stay put instead of bubbling through the seams. They are simple enough for a weekend breakfast and special…