Baked Apple Empanadas
Description
This baked apple empanadas recipe yields small empanadas filled with apples and cinnamon. The half-circle dough desserts are baked instead of fried.
Ingredients
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1 cup butter
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6 ounces cream cheese, softened
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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4 small apples - peeled, cored, and cut into small cubes
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1/2 cup white sugar
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 pinch salt
Directions
1
Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl; stir in flour until dough comes together and forms a ball. Cover dough tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
2
Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook, stirring frequently, until the consistency of chunky applesauce, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature.
3
Remove dough from the refrigerator; sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
4
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
5
Divide dough into 10 pieces; roll into balls. Roll out each ball with a rolling pin into a 3- to 4-inch circle. Fill one side of dough circle with apple filling. Moisten edges lightly with water; fold dough over filling and press edges together to seal.
6
Arrange empanadas on the prepared baking sheet.
7
Bake in the preheated oven until dough is golden, about 15 minutes.