Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

5 from 12 votes

This puff pastry Christmas tree recipe is a festive holiday treat. Flaky puff pastry is filled with apples, blueberries, and jam that’s lightly sweetened with brown sugar. Crispy on the outside and warm and sweet on the inside, it’s the easiest pastry recipe, perfect for Christmas day, that everyone is sure to enjoy!

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time50

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: slices

Calories: 206kcal

Author: Anjali Shah

Equipment

Ingredients

Crust

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup unsalted butter 1 stick
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp water

Filling

3 apples thinly sliced
½ cup blueberries
¼ cup blueberry jam
2 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F.
In a bowl, mix the flour and the butter with a fork. Add the egg and the vanilla and keep mixing. Add 2 tablespoons of water and keep mixing. If the dough is too dry, gradually add more.
Allow the dough to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough out on a floured surface 1/4 of an inch thick. Place the dough on a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
Remove the dough from the oven. With a knife, cut it into a Christmas tree shape.
Spread the jam all over the tree. Place the apples from the edge of the tree to the center until completely covered up. Sprinkle brown sugar all over the apples.
Bake for an additional 20 minutes.
Decorate with blueberries and dust with powdered sugar.

Video

https://youtu.be/_JYfTC1I79A

Notes

Tips for Making Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

Use cold butter, so the pastry turns out properly. If the butter isn’t cold, you won’t get a flaky texture.
Be sure to let the dough rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Otherwise, you may end up with dense dough.
Make these into several smaller Christmas trees by using a cookie cutter, or choose another holiday shape!
This recipe has only 6.25 grams of added sugar per slice!

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