Easiest Way to Make Quick Empanadas (homemade dough)

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, empanadas (homemade dough). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Add gradually to the food processor and pulse until a soft dough ball forms. Turn ball into a bowl and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. For the empanada dough: Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl. The empanada dough is similar to a pie dough.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook empanadas (homemade dough) using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Empanadas (homemade dough):

1. Take 2 cups AP flour
2. Make ready 1 tsp salt
3. Make ready 1 stick (4 oz) cold butter
4. Take 2 eggs
5. Get 1 tbsp white vinegar
6. Prepare 1 tsp cold water
7. Get 1 lb cooked meat (picadillo)

Brush tops with egg wash, avoiding crimped edges. If you are ready to use the dough to make the empanadas divide the dough in half. Roll the dough into a rectangle of about ¼ inch thick (a bit over ½ centimeter). Take a small plate, an empanada cutter, or a large cookie cutter ring to cut the empanada discs.

Instructions to make Empanadas (homemade dough):

1. Mix the flour and salt in bowl
2. Add in cold butter cut into small cubes
3. Scramble eggs, water and vinegar
4. Pour egg mixture into flour mixture slowly to incorporate and mix until comes together
5. Mold into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap
6. Set in fridge for an hour
7. Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness using flour to avoid sticking
8. Cut into circles and stuff with any leftover picadillo/ meat and veggie mix
9. Fold over and crimp with a fork and use a pastry brush to spread some oil on top
10. Bake at 375 for 15-18 minutes

Roll the dough into a rectangle of about ¼ inch thick (a bit over ½ centimeter). Take a small plate, an empanada cutter, or a large cookie cutter ring to cut the empanada discs. If they are too thick flatten the empanada discs with your rolling pin. Sift flour with salt into a large bowl and blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal with some (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Empanada dough is less flaky than pie crust (although you can substitute frozen pie crust dough in a pinch).

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