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Dough for homemade empanadas. Whisk the egg yolk and water together in a small bowl until smooth; pour into the well and mix to form a stiff dough. Empanada dough is less flaky than pie crust (although you can substitute frozen pie crust dough in a pinch). It has a more tender texture that soaks up the filling without becoming soggy.

Dough for homemade empanadas To make empanada dough for baking start with the flour and salt. I use a kitchen machine and pulse the salt through the flour. Again pulse the kitchen machine to combine the flour and butter. You can have Dough for homemade empanadas using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Dough for homemade empanadas

  1. Prepare 2 cups of flour.
  2. You need 10 g (1 package) of yeast.
  3. It's 1 tbspn of Salt.
  4. You need 80 1/3 mL of vegetable oil.
  5. You need 1 of Tbsn sugar.
  6. It's 240 mL of room temperature water.
  7. Prepare 240 of room temperature water (again).

Making homemade empanada dough is extremely easy and quick. For the empanada dough: Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl. If you want baked empanadas, I'd recommend using a pie crust recipe (from scratch or the refrigerated kind). Pie dough is specifically made for baking and this dough is better fried.

Dough for homemade empanadas instructions

  1. Mix flour, yeast & salt..
  2. Add Vegetable oil, sugar, room temperature water then mix..
  3. Add the rest of water & keep mixing. Once it begins to form a thick texture take out the dough on a well floured surface..
  4. Knead the dough, add pinch fulls of flour and keep kneading for 15 minutes..
  5. Let rest for 30 minutes.
  6. Knead again to remove any air pockets for 10 minutes then let rest for 30 minutes..
  7. Roll dough and make circle shapes to make the arepa.
  8. Oil lightly to coat the pan and add flour to the pan.
  9. Add the filling of your liking- Im using a super seasoned beef.
  10. THIS is how they should look completed..
  11. Bake in oven for 30 minutes- check on them it might need a little less depending on your oven..

My favorite filling is picadillo, which is a ground beef filling. These Puerto Rican empanadas are called pastelillos. Dampen the outer perimeter of the dough. Pinch a corner of the dough, and then fold that section onto itself. These homemade empanadas are wrapped in a flaky pie crust, then capped off with a delicious beef filling.