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Holiday Pastry Stars

This recipe is great for the holidays. I used fig cardamom jam to fill my star shaped pastries. You can use any jams you like.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Vegetarian, Jain Friendly

Ingredients

  • 1 package pastry sheets thawed
  • 3 tbsp jam of your choice
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar for garnish
  • 1 tbsp melted butter to brush
  • 1 tbsp water to help seal

Instructions

  • Thaw pastry sheets according to package instructions.
  • When pastry sheets are thawed, roll them out into a rectangle.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut pastry sheet into stars.
  • Then use a small round cookie cutter to make a hole in the middle of half of the star shaped sheets.
  • Place a dollop of jam in the middle of each star.
  • Brush each star edge slightly with water.
  • Then use the cutout star and place over the jam star.
  • Brush melted butter over the star.
  • Bake in oven for 20 minutes until stars are puffed and golden brown.
  • Let pastry puffs cool for a few minutes.
  • Sprinkle powdered sugar over it and serve.

Notes

I used Fig Cardamom jam from Bonne Maman.