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I love puff pastry, though I admit I don’t get to use it often. Rosh Hashanah feels like the perfect time to pull a few sheets of Gefen Puff Pastry from the freezer and bake something flaky and decadent. What I especially love about puff pastry is the shortcut it provides. You can make tarts, pastries, pies, turnovers, and so much more, all with that special, fancy-seeming element that takes almost no effort. You can go all out with a more involved filling, keep it simple with store-bought pie filling, or just fill with sliced fresh fruit. It’s an automatic win with kids too!

I loved seeing how many Rosh Hashanah-inspired puff pastry recipes we have on the site, so here we are: 11 perfect-for-Yom Tov puff pastry recipes, both sweet and savory.

1. Apples and Honey Danish Braid by Yocheved Shvarzblat

Sweetened flaky dough on the outside, loaded with juicy caramelized apples on the inside. So much goodness in every bite!

2. Upside-Down Leek Tarts by Leah Leora

These beautiful and delectable leek tarts combine a Rosh Hashanah siman with the upside-down puff pastry trend.

3. Honey-Glazed Apple-Shaped Galette by Chaya Surie Goldberger

If you’re a baked apple fan, try this easy, open-faced baked apple galette. It takes minutes to put together, and your guests will be wowed! This recipe is for one galette, but you’ll have enough dough from one package of rolled puff pastry to make two galettes. Either double the recipe or make something else from your leftover dough, since this recipe can’t be frozen — it’s best served fresh out of the oven.

4. Decadent Apple Napoleon from the Dining In Cookbook

Perfect way to top off a seudas simcha!

5. Apple Pie Bites by Leah Leora

Get your kids involved in the kitchen with these easy and delicious apple slices wrapped in puff pastry.

6. Pastrami Puff Stacks by Mirel Freylich

Pile up as many as you want; the sky’s the limit.

7. Individual Apple Pastries by Leah Klein

Take your basic apple turnover to the next level and achieve the most delicious and prettiest results.

8. Batsheva’s Rosh Hashanah Apple Dessert by Batsheva

This dessert is perfect for Rosh Hashana and easy enough to whip up in minutes.

9. Mini Chicken Spinach Pies by Michal Frischman

I’ve seen the Israeli rolled packages of sweet and savory dough in my freezer section a hundred times, but I never bought them, until I realized that this appetizer needed a proper pie crust — savory, not sweet, not overly flakey, and definitely not graham cracker-y. It turned out to be perfect!

10. Apple Blueberry Turnovers by Erin Grunstein

We love cooking and baking with apples at this time of year. These delicious fruit-filled turnovers are perfect for Rosh Hashanah and the entire holiday season, and the drizzle of pomegranate in the icing gives them a touch of tang that hits all the right notes.

11. Zucchini Roses by Chavi Feldman

These roses are delicious and come out looking stunning! Check out the video to get the visual.