14 Sweet and Savory Recipes Using Frozen Puff Pastry (2024)

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pastries

These are the classic fruit pastries you find at bakeries. Frozen puff pastry dough makes it easy for you to bake them yourself without a lot of effort. Enjoy one (or two!) with your morning coffee.

Garden Vegetable Tart

Hit the farmers market for the best fresh produce to top puff pastry dough for this colorful tart. The gooey mozzarella pulls all the flavors together. Feel free to change the toppings up with whatever's ripe in the garden or most in-season at the moment.

Chicken Pot Pies

Your family will love digging into puff pastry chicken pot pie. Fill individual serving cups with a saucy veggie-filled chicken mixture, and top them with squares of puff pastry dough. Be sure to cut slits in the dough to allow steam to escape.

Oregano-Manchego Cheese Straws

This recipe using puff pastry is perfect to pair with dinner or to serve as an appetizer. Give them your own taste twist by trying different cheese and herb combinations, such as shredded Swiss cheese and dried dill weed. This is definitely an easy puff pastry recipe to keep in your back pocket.

Lady Locks

Lady locks (aka cream horns) easily come together with the help of frozen puff pastry. Fill the easy puff pastry recipe with your choice of homemade vanilla or chocolate pastry cream.

Baked Brie en Croûte

Baked Brie en Croûte is a classic puff pastry appetizer. Simply wrap up a wheel of Brie (Camembert works, too), a dollop of pepper jelly, and nuts in frozen puff pastry before baking to golden perfection. It is best served with crisp apple or pear slices, but toasted baguette slices or hearty crackers add a welcome crunch as well.

Ginger Pear Galette

This recipe using puff pastry will be a go-to whenever fall weather arrives. Choose pears that are ripe but still firm for this puff pastry recipe. Leave the peels on red pears for extra color and nutrition.

Petite Beef Wellingtons

Beef Wellington is a beef tenderloin dish wrapped in puff pastry with English roots. Here we've turned it into an adorable individual serving that stuffs the pastry with beef, mushrooms, shallots, and herbs for everyone to enjoy. If you prefer the full-size version to feast on, we also have a recipe for that.

Ham and Cheese Slab Pies

This savory pie is hard to beat. This recipe using frozen puff pastry sheets as an easy crust is a family-sized take on a hot ham and cheese sandwich. Don't forget to press down well to seal the edges so none of the melty cheese escapes.

Puff Pastry Tarts

If you want a baking challenge similar to what you've seen on The Great British Baking Show, this is the puff pastry recipe for you. Instead of using frozen sheets, this recipe calls for a from-scratch dough (directions included). This pastry is light and flaky and holds its shape when cut into these stars (or whatever shape you like).

Shortcut Sugar Buns

If you've jumped on the trend of making brunch boards, this easy puff pastry recipe is an excellent contender for your next spread. Rather than spend time waiting for cinnamon roll dough to rise for hours, simply top frozen puff pastry with a cinnamon-sugar mixture, butter, and bake.

Strawberry-Cardamom Turnovers

When it comes to recipes using frozen puff pastry for dessert, this can be your go-to. The buttery, flaky dough is filled with a homemade strawberry jam that is elevated by simmering in a blend of lemon, cardamom spice, and vanilla. If strawberries aren't in season, swap them with frozen berries.

Peppercorn Pastries with Beef

Savory puff pastry pillows are topped with a rich horseradish sour cream sauce and slices of roast beef for a new twist on a classic combo. You can easily bake the puffy dough ahead and fill them when it's time to serve.

Berry Slab Pie

Frozen mixed berries get a punch from crystallized ginger before getting wrapped and baked in the flaky dough. When you make too much dessert (it does happen sometimes), pop this easy fruit pie into the freezer to enjoy later.

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