PUMPKIN POCKET PIES

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I had some leftover pumpkin so I whipped this together on a whim and it came out just great. These are not as sweet as a pumpkin pie - but quite tasty! Taste the filling and add sugar if you want something sweeter!

Provided by Malinda Coletta

Categories     Pies

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 sheet puff pastry
1 egg
1 1/2 c pumpkin, canned or cooked
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 c evaporated milk
1/4 c sugar (or more if you want more sweetness)

Steps:

  • 1. Defrost puff pastry. preheat oven to 350F
  • 2. Mix, egg, sugar, pumpkin, evaporated milk and spices together. Taste... if you want it sweeter adjust your sugar. Put in a pie dish and place in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven stir and place in fridge.
  • 3. Raise the temp of your oven to 425F. While pumpkin is cooling off in the fridge rollout your puff pastry and cut into 6 5 1/2 inch circles. You may need to patch the last few together. Place the circles on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • 4. Remove cooled pumpkin from fridge and spoon out equal portions on to half the puff pastry circles. Fold over and seal by pressing the tines of a fork around the edges.
  • 5. Place in a 425F oven for 18 minutes.

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