from jinja2 import Environment from jinja2.loaders import DictLoader env = Environment(loader=DictLoader({ 'child.html': u'''\ {% extends master_layout or 'master.html' %} {% include helpers = 'helpers.html' %} {% macro get_the_answer() %}42{% endmacro %} {% title = 'Hello World' %} {% block body %} {{ get_the_answer() }} {{ helpers.conspirate() }} {% endblock %} ''', 'master.html': u'''\ {{ title }} {% block body %}{% endblock %} ''', 'helpers.html': u'''\ {% macro conspirate() %}23{% endmacro %} ''' })) tmpl = env.get_template("child.html") print tmpl.render()