empanada dough

Empanada dough is the key to making tender, flaky empanadas. Use this recipe to make empanada discs at home and you&#039;ll never want to buy them frozen again!

Empanada Dough

all-purpose flour (sifted,

salt

lard (6 ounces,

tbsp achiote oil ((optional))

milk (warm)

Add the flour and salt to a large bowl. Using your fingers, a pastry blender or food processor, cut in the lard, blending well. Add the achiote oil and blend again to mix it in thoroughly (See Notes 1 and 2).

Add the egg yolk, then the milk in small amounts, blending until small dough clumps start to form. Continue until all milk has been used and dough comes together. Press dough into a ball, scraping up bits in bottom of bowl.

Cut empanada dough into 2 or 4 pieces, press to flatten slightly, then cover each with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes (See Note 3). At this point, dough can also be frozen for later use.

On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a thin sheet (1/8th of an inch thick). Use 4 or 6-inch round biscuit cutter or cutting side of an empanada press to cut out empanada discs. Gather and re-roll dough pieces as needed to make remaining empanada discs.

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Empanada dough is the key to making tender, flaky empanadas. Use this recipe to make empanada discs at home and you’ll never want to buy them frozen again!

Want to learn how to make flaky Empanada Dough? It&#x27;s really easy! Fill this homemade turnover with whatever meat (or vegetarian filling) you like, and enjoy a light, buttery dinner!

all purpose flour

+ 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter,

water

egg,

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Homemade Empanada Dough

Today we're making homemade empanada dough that can be used to make pastelillos, empanadas, and so much more! It's made with just 5 ingredients (flour, butter, salt, egg, and water) and comes together in less than an hour. 

Foolproof 5 Ingredient Empanada Dough

butter (unsalted), melted

Mix dry ingredients

Mix the flour with the salt in a large bowl to combine.

Add wet ingredients

Add the melted butter, egg yolks, and water to the flour mixture.

Work the dough

Mix together until a dough begins to form. Transfer to a flour dusted surface and continue to knead until a consistent ball of dough forms. If the dough feels too wet, add flour a one tablespoon at a time until it no longer sticks to your hands.

Chill

Cover the dough with a towel and let chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Roll

Divide the dough into quarters, then into eighths, then sixteenths, then into 32 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. On a flour dusted surface roll each ball into a round circle using a rolling pin.

Fill &amp; fry or bake. 

From here, you&#8217;re ready to fill your empanada dough with whatever you like. Make sure to not overfill your empanada dough, brush edges with water, and crimp the dough shut using a fork. See notes for directions on how to fry or bake.

Thank you so much for this recipe. My family enjoyed it very much. I filled it with "walnut meat". I am going to try preparing the empanadas and freezing them. I saw this sold commercially, and I am in the "empanada mood" today. I hope to remember to post again how this experiment went.

The resuts are in! I frozen the empanadas yesterday. Today I took one out and let it on the counter, and it became somehow dry, but it defrosted. Then I took one from the freezer and fried both. They were both great. Make sure the oil is not too hot, to give a chance to the filling to warm up before they're fried on the outside. I did not try the oven method, instead I mede meringue cookies with the egg whites

This looks great! I was wondering if I can sub in oil for butter? Thanks in advance.

I want everything I eat for the rest of my life to be wrapped in this empanada dough. I usually fill them with picadillo from skinnytaste.com but literally everything would be good in this, sweet (mini apple pies??) or savory. So tender and chewy and yummy!

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Today we're making homemade empanada dough that can be used to make pastelillos, empanadas, and so much more! It's made with just 5 ingredients (flour, butter, salt, egg, and water) and comes together in less than an hour.

Get the recipe: https://salimaskitchen.com/empanada-dough/

Ingredients:
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter (unsalted), melted
4 egg yolks
1 cup water

Filling ideas & recipes:
https://salimaskitchen.com/empanadillas-fried-puerto-rican-turnovers/
https://salimaskitchen.com/guava-cheese-empanadas/
https://salimaskitchen.com/pumpkin-empanadas/
https://salimaskitchen.com/chicken-empanadas/
https://salimaskitchen.com/beef-and-cheese-empanadas/

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