Description
Spooky and fun Halloween Jack-O’-Lantern Pumpkin Pies with buttery pastry and a creamy spiced pumpkin filling, topped with hand-carved pastry faces. Perfect festive pumpkin dessert for kids’ Halloween treats.
Ingredients
Scale
- Pastry:
- 480 g (4 cups) plain all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 60 g (½ cup) powdered sugar
- 280 g (2 ½ sticks) cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 Tablespoon cold vodka (optional)
- 1 – 2 Tablespoons ice water
- 1 Tablespoon non-dairy milk for brushing
- Filling:
- 425 g (15 oz) can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
- 260 g (9 oz) firm silken tofu
- 150 g (¾ cup) sugar
- 80 ml (⅓ cup) maple syrup
- 40 g (4 Tbsp) cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Mix flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Rub in butter until crumbly. Add vodka and water until dough forms.
- Divide into two discs (2/3 and 1/3). Wrap and chill 30 minutes.
- Roll out larger disc into 8 tart shells. Freeze 20 minutes. Blind bake at 350°F (180°C) for 15 min with beans/rice, then 10 more minutes without. Trim edges.
- Blend pumpkin puree, tofu, sugar, maple syrup, spices, cornstarch, and salt until smooth.
- Pour filling into baked tart shells. Bake 20–30 minutes until set with slight wobble. Cool completely.
- Roll out smaller pastry disc. Cut pumpkin shapes with cookie cutter. Freeze 15 min, carve Jack-O’-Lantern faces.
- Brush pastry faces with milk. Bake 10–15 minutes until golden.
- Top cooled pies with pastry faces. Refrigerate up to 3 days.
Notes
- For best texture, let pies cool at room temperature before chilling.
- Pie pumpkins give better flavor than large carving pumpkins.
- Extra pastry faces can be baked and served as cookies on the side.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pie
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: Jack-o’-lantern pumpkin pie, Halloween pumpkin pies, spooky mini pies, festive pumpkin dessert, kids’ Halloween treats