With a flaky pastry and the beautiful color of an apricot jam filling, these puff pastry pumpkins will become a favorite to make for Halloween. For this recipe, puff pastry gets cut into pumpkin shapes before being sandwiched with apricot jam for perfect Autumnal desserts.
To make the puff pastry pumpkins, puff pastry is cut into pumpkin shapes using a template. Then, faces are cut into half of them before they are brushed with egg and baked in the oven. Finally, they get sandwiched with apricot jam for a sticky and sweet fruit-flavored filling.
What are Puff Pastry Pumpkins?
Puff pastry pumpkins are flaky pastries made with store-bought puff pastry. They are cut into pumpkin shapes and sandwiched with apricot jam, and are similar to sandwich cookies.
🎃 3-Ingredient Jam-Filled Puff Pastry Jack-O’-Lantern Pumpkins
Looking for a quick and adorable Halloween treat? These Jam-Filled Puff Pastry Jack-O’-Lanterns are the perfect combo of cute, flaky, and delicious!
Made with just three ingredients, they’re buttery, golden pastries filled with sweet jam — and they look just like mini pumpkin faces.
They’re great for parties, snacks, or a fun baking project with kids!
🧁 Ingredients
- 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry, thawed if frozen
- ¼ cup apricot jam (or any jam you love — strawberry, raspberry, or peach work great)
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
(Optional: a little powdered sugar for dusting or cinnamon sugar for extra flavor.)
🎃 Instructions
Step 1: Prepare the Puff Pastry
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unroll the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface.
- Use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter (about 3–4 inches wide) to cut out even shapes — you’ll need two pumpkins for each pastry (top and bottom).
Step 2: Create the Jack-O’-Lantern Faces
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