Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Pasties

Pumpkin Pasties

Made with box refrigerated pie crust, pumpkin puree and ground cinnamon. 30 min, makes 6, 6 ingredients.

Recipe by funmoneymom.com

Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Total
30 min
Makes
6

Ingredients

  • 1 box Refrigerated pie crust (1 box contains two crusts)
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 5 tablespoons sugar (plus more for sprinkling - optional)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch kosher salt
  • 1 egg

Instructions

Method by funmoneymom.com. Cook it from their page if you can, so the people who developed and tested it get the visit.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Unroll pie crust onto a cutting board or other flat surface.
  3. Take a biscuit cutter or pastry cutter and cut 4 inch circles in the dough.
  4. Take the dough circles and place them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Be sure to gather the scraps and roll them out to get more pasty circles out of the dough.
  5. In a small bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, sugar, cinnamon and salt.
  6. In a small bowl, beat the egg and set it aside. You will use it as an egg wash once the pasties are assembled.
  7. Place about two tablespoons of pumpkin filling in the center of each dough circle. Be careful not to add too much filling.
  8. Fold the dough in half, making a half circle, Seal dough by pressing all around the edges of each circle with a fork.
  9. Repeat this process until the remaining dough circles are filled.
  10. Using a pastry brush, brush the tops of each pasty with the egg wash and sprinkle each with sugar (optional)
  11. Using a small sharp knife, cut two slit in the top of each. then place in the preheated oven.
  12. Bake for 15 minutes, rotate the pan and bake for another 10 or until golden brown all over.
  13. Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes. Enjoy!