Store-Bought Dough Makes These Flaky Puff Pastry Recipes a Total Snap

Skillet Pot Pie with Chicken and Spring Vegetables
Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Lydia Pursell; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

Over the holidays, we keep our freezers stocked with easy, versatile ingredients that are sure to come in handy for a last-minute potluck dish or an easy cocktail-hour appetizer. You'd be surprised at the multitude of uses you'll find for frozen tater tots and frozen corn. Frozen sheets of puff pastry are another surprising holiday essential—they're an easy way to dress up any meal. Typically, we'd advocate for making our own pastry, but when we're in a pinch, this frozen dough is the next best thing. Its flaky layers rise in the oven to create the signature pillowy, buttery puff of pastry. This dough is endlessly versatile—it can be used to top family-friendly pot pies or stacked to form a layered napoleon dessert. It can be twisted into luxurious cheese straws for a no-fuss, last-minute party appetizer or form the base of an indulgent tomato tart. We even have extra-festive uses for this dough that range from sweet to savory. With this collection of creative recipes, you're sure to find a use for that box of puff pastry this holiday season. So on your pre-holiday grocery trip, pick up a box of puff pastry to keep in your freezer. When you're entertaining in a pinch, it's sure to come in handy.

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Pear-and-Brie Puff Pastry Tarts

Pear-and-Brie Puff Pastry Tarts
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Pear-and-Brie Puff Pastry Tarts

This beautiful fall appetizer features firm Anjou pears, fresh rosemary, and decadent brie cheese wrapped in a puff pastry crust.

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Skillet Pot Pie with Chicken and Spring Vegetables

Skillet Pot Pie with Chicken and Spring Vegetables
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Lydia Pursell; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer

Recipe: Skillet Pot Pie with Chicken and Spring Vegetables

In search of the perfect weeknight dinner to feed the whole family? Look no further than this Skillet Pot Pie.

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Puff Pastry Braids

Peanut Butter and Jelly Puff Pastry Braids
Greg DuPree

Recipe: Peanut Butter and Jelly Puff Pastry Braids

The humble sandwich gets a mega upgrade.

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Mushroom Puffs

Mushroom Puffs
Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Mushroom Puffs

These mushroom puffs may look fancy, but they're one of our favorite easy party appetizers.

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Creamy Vegetable Pot Pie

Creamy Spring Vegetable Pot Pie
Johnny Autry; Food and Prop Styling: Charlotte L. Autry

Recipe: Creamy Vegetable Pot Pie

You don't need chicken to make a swoon-worthy pot pie. This one bubbles with the best of them—and aren't we in it for the puff pastry, anyway?

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Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks

Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks
Caitlin Bensel

Recipe: Christmas Tree Spinach-Dip Breadsticks

Turn spinach dip into an interactive, festive appetizer with this fun Christmas tree design.

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Herbed Tomato Tart

Herbed Tomato Tart
Becky Luigart Stayner

Recipe: Herbed Tomato Tart

Puff pastry forms the base of this bright, fresh Tomato Tart.

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Skillet Chicken Pot Pie with Leeks and Mushrooms

Skillet Chicken Pot Pie with Leeks and Mushrooms
Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke

Recipe: Skillet Chicken Pot Pie with Leeks and Mushrooms

A sheet of puff pastry caramelizes to a gorgeous golden-brown color atop this classic skillet pot pie.

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Puff Pastry Summer Fruit Slab Pie

Puff Pastry Summer Fruit Slab Pie image
Jen Causey; Food Styling: Karen Rankin; Prop Styling: Kashara Johnson

Recipe: Puff Pastry Summer Fruit Slab Pie

Throw that fluffy scoop of whipped mascarpone on top and we are here for it.

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Blueberry Galette

Blueberry Galette
Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ali Ramee, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck

Recipe: Blueberry Galette

Golden puff pastry encases hot, bubbling, juicy blueberry filling in the epitome of a summer dessert.

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