COURSE:
Dessert, Snack
Halloween Ghost Pies: Spooky Treats for a Frightfully Fun Celebration
Add a ghostly touch to your Halloween festivities with these adorable Halloween Ghost Pies. These delightful little hand pies are filled with your favourite sweet or savoury fillings and topped with a spooky ghost design that’s perfect for the season. Fun to make and even more fun to eat, these ghostly treats are sure to be a hit at any Halloween party or family gathering.
To create these spooky pies, simply cut your pastry into ghost shapes, add your desired filling, and seal them up for baking. Popular choices include sweet fillings like apple, pumpkin, or chocolate, as well as savoury options like cheese and ham or spicy tomato. Using the Instant Pot or air fryer, these pies bake up quickly, resulting in a deliciously crisp, golden crust with a warm, flavourful filling. Add little eyes or spooky expressions with chocolate or food-safe icing to bring your ghostly creations to life.
Halloween Ghost Pies are a great way to get into the spirit of the season and a fantastic activity to enjoy with kids. Perfectly sized for snacking, they make a festive addition to Halloween parties or trick-or-treat events. Easy, delicious, and delightfully eerie, these pies are sure to add a playful element to your Halloween celebrations!
Halloween Ghost Pies
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
15-18 minutes
Servings:
Makes 8 to 10
Product:
Vortex Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 sheet of all-butter puff pastry (thawed in the fridge)
- 1 egg (for sealing and brushing)
- Flour, for dusting the work surface
Option 1: Apple Filling
- 1 apple, peeled and grated (for apple filling)
- ½ teaspoon cornflour (for apple filling)
- 2 tablespoons (25g) caster sugar
- A dash of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 knob of butter (for cooking the apples)
Option 2: Jam Filling
- ¼ cup jam
Optional Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Allow the puff pastry to thaw in the fridge so it stays firm and easy to work with. Lightly dust your work surface with flour, then roll out the pastry.
- Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter (or a knife if you prefer squares or circles), cut out an even number of ghost shapes. Place the cutouts back in the fridge to chill while you prepare the filling.
- If you’re using the apple filling, melt a knob of butter in a pan over medium heat. Add 1 peeled and grated apple and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in ½ teaspoon lemon juice, a dash of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons caster sugar, and ½ teaspoon cornflour mixed with 1 tablespoon of water. Cook until the mixture thickens to a pie-filling consistency, then remove from heat and let it cool slightly.
- Whisk the egg and set aside.
- Take the chilled puff pastry cutouts and place about a teaspoon of either the apple filling or ¼ cup jam filling in the center of half the cutouts. Don’t over fill the cutouts of they will be hard to seal.
- Brush the edges of the filled pastry with the whisked egg, then place a second pastry cutout on top. Gently press the edges together and crimp with a fork to seal.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush the tops of the hand pies with the remaining whisked egg. Bake for 15-18 minutes until the pastry is golden and crisp.
- For an optional glaze, whisk together ½ cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth.
- Once the pies have cooled to room temp, dip them top side down into the glaze then place on a lined baking sheet to set.
Halloween Ghost Pies
COURSE:
Dessert, Snack
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
15-18 minutes
Servings:
Makes 8 to 10
Product:
Vortex Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 sheet of all-butter puff pastry (thawed in the fridge)
- 1 egg (for sealing and brushing)
- Flour, for dusting the work surface
Option 1: Apple Filling
- 1 apple, peeled and grated (for apple filling)
- ½ teaspoon cornflour (for apple filling)
- 2 tablespoons (25g) caster sugar
- A dash of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 knob of butter (for cooking the apples)
Option 2: Jam Filling
- ¼ cup jam
Optional Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Allow the puff pastry to thaw in the fridge so it stays firm and easy to work with. Lightly dust your work surface with flour, then roll out the pastry.
- Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter (or a knife if you prefer squares or circles), cut out an even number of ghost shapes. Place the cutouts back in the fridge to chill while you prepare the filling.
- If you’re using the apple filling, melt a knob of butter in a pan over medium heat. Add 1 peeled and grated apple and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in ½ teaspoon lemon juice, a dash of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons caster sugar, and ½ teaspoon cornflour mixed with 1 tablespoon of water. Cook until the mixture thickens to a pie-filling consistency, then remove from heat and let it cool slightly.
- Whisk the egg and set aside.
- Take the chilled puff pastry cutouts and place about a teaspoon of either the apple filling or ¼ cup jam filling in the center of half the cutouts. Don’t over fill the cutouts of they will be hard to seal.
- Brush the edges of the filled pastry with the whisked egg, then place a second pastry cutout on top. Gently press the edges together and crimp with a fork to seal.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush the tops of the hand pies with the remaining whisked egg. Bake for 15-18 minutes until the pastry is golden and crisp.
- For an optional glaze, whisk together ½ cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth.
- Once the pies have cooled to room temp, dip them top side down into the glaze then place on a lined baking sheet to set.
Halloween Ghost Pies: Spooky Treats for a Frightfully Fun Celebration
Add a ghostly touch to your Halloween festivities with these adorable Halloween Ghost Pies. These delightful little hand pies are filled with your favourite sweet or savoury fillings and topped with a spooky ghost design that’s perfect for the season. Fun to make and even more fun to eat, these ghostly treats are sure to be a hit at any Halloween party or family gathering.
To create these spooky pies, simply cut your pastry into ghost shapes, add your desired filling, and seal them up for baking. Popular choices include sweet fillings like apple, pumpkin, or chocolate, as well as savoury options like cheese and ham or spicy tomato. Using the Instant Pot or air fryer, these pies bake up quickly, resulting in a deliciously crisp, golden crust with a warm, flavourful filling. Add little eyes or spooky expressions with chocolate or food-safe icing to bring your ghostly creations to life.
Halloween Ghost Pies are a great way to get into the spirit of the season and a fantastic activity to enjoy with kids. Perfectly sized for snacking, they make a festive addition to Halloween parties or trick-or-treat events. Easy, delicious, and delightfully eerie, these pies are sure to add a playful element to your Halloween celebrations!
