Mexican Dessert Recipes
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How to Make Pumpkin Empanadas
Empanadas are a pastry crust, filled with ham and cheese, beef and vegetables, chicken or sometimes seafood but you can eat them with sweet fillings too.
Empanadas can be baked or fried. This is how to make pumpkin empanadas it's really quite simple and taste also good.
Mexican Pumpkin Dessert Empanadas Recipe
Ingredients -
For the Empanada Dough:
¼ cup sugar
For the Filling:
½ cup sugar
⅓ cup water
4½ teaspoons dry yeast
3 cups flour
¾ cup vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon baking powder
15 oz can pumpkin
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Mix together the sugar, water, baking powder, yeast, salt, and cinnamon. Blend in half the flour, using an electric mixer.
Add the shortening and mix well then add the rest of the flour and blend again.
Divide this dough into 4 portions then make four dough balls from each portion.
Flatten the dough balls with floured hands, then roll them on a floured surface until they are 1/8 inch thick and about 4 inches in diameter.
Combine all the filling ingredients to make the filling, and then put about a tablespoon and a half of filling in the middle of each dough circle.
Fold the circle over and use a fork on both sides to seal the edges.
Repeat until all dough is used.
Bake the empanadas on greased cookie sheets for 18 to 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Keep an eye on them after 15 minutes because they can burn quickly.
These Mexican empanadas can be served hot or cold.
(Serves 8)
