1recipepie dough(homemade or store-bought work great)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
In a small bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie dough to 1/4-inch thick. Use a pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out about 20 pumpkin shapes. Use a paring knife to cut-out pumpkin faces in half of the pumpkin shapes.
Place one pumpkin (without any cut-outs) on a floured surface and place a heaping teaspoon of filling in the center. Use a spoon to spread the filling almost to the edges. Lightly dip your finger into water and rub the edge of the pumpkin dough shape with the water. Top with a cut-out pumpkin and lightly press the edges together to seal. Repeat with the remaining shapes and filling.
Place the tarts on your prepared baking sheet. Bake for 18 minutes, or until golden brown.
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Notes
Preventing leaks: Make sure to press the edges of your pop tarts together well to avoid any filling leaking out during baking.
Fun shapes: If you don’t have a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, don’t worry! You can use any shape you like or just cut rectangles for a more traditional pop tart look.
Cutting Out Faces: You can use a paring knife to make the jack-'o-lantern faces, but I've found that using mini cookie cutters to cut out the shapes makes it even easier. Plus, little ones can help with that task!