My family loves pumpkin pie, so blending it with puff pastry was a perfect combination. This holiday dessert is an easy recipe to make.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Apple Dessert, Puff Pastry, pumpkin, Pumpkin Dessert, pumpkin recipes
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 5servings
Calories 53kcal
Author Janine Waite
Ingredients
Pumpkin Pie Filling
½cuppumpkin puree
3tbspgranulated sugar
⅛tspsalt
¼tsp ground cinnamon
⅛tspground ginger
1pinchground clovesoptional
1egglarge
1tbspflour
Pastry Dough
1rollpuff pastry
1tbspmilk
1tbspsugar
Icing
3tbsppowdered sugar
1½tspmilk
¼tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Puff Pastry
Take the frozen puff pastry out of the freezer and thaw one roll.
Thaw puff pastry dough on the countertop for 30-40 minutes.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
Beat egg in a medium size sauce pot. Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and flour.
Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes. Take off the stovetop and set it aside.
Braiding Pastry Dough
Preheat oven to 400°
Take thawed puff pastry dough and trim off a triangle shape on both the top and bottom corners, leaving a tab in the middle. You'll have a tab on the top and bottom of the pastry dough.
Cut the sides with about one-inch wide strips. The angled cuts should start from the middle panel and go to the outside edge. Make sure they are all going in the same direction.
Fold over the bottom and top tabs of dough onto the pumpkin pie filling.
Beginning at the bottom, start braiding, by crossing a dough strip over the middle. Then cross the other side strip so that it overlaps the first one.
Next alternate with the other side's strip and cross it over the middle. Continue up the pastry until you reach the top. Pinch together the last one with the dough to seal the dessert.
Brush the top of the puff pastry with a small amount of milk and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake in an oven for 15 - 20 minutes until the crust is golden brown. Remove from oven when done and let cool on baking rack.
Icing
Combine powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl. Drizzle the icing on top of the puff pastry.