Tasty Pumpkin Empanadas (An Authentic Mexican Pastry)
Tasty Pumpkin Empanadas (An Authentic Mexican Pastry)

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have tasty pumpkin empanadas (an authentic mexican pastry) using 17 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tasty Pumpkin Empanadas (An Authentic Mexican Pastry):
  1. Prepare Pumpkin Filling
  2. Get 4 tbsp butter
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
  4. Take 15 oz canned pumpkin (not pie filling, I use one Libby's brand 15oz can)
  5. Get 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  7. Make ready Empanada Dough
  8. Prepare 3 cup all purpose flour
  9. Make ready 2 tsp baking powder
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  12. Take 2 large eggs
  13. Prepare 1/2 cup whole milk
  14. Make ready 2 tbsp white sugar
  15. Get Sugar/Cinnamon Topping
  16. Get 1/4 cup white sugar
  17. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

For a full copy of the recipe. Pumpkin empanadas are often served at Mexican-American Thanksgiving celebrations as well as for their Christmas feast. After watching a couple videos on one of the most common ways to repulgue an empanada, we tried our hands at it. It took a few tries, but.

Instructions to make Tasty Pumpkin Empanadas (An Authentic Mexican Pastry):
  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Don't let it burn.
  2. Stir in brown sugar until it dissolves with the butter.
  3. Stir in the pumpkin and the spices. Continue to stir over medium heat for 10min.
  4. Remove the filling from heat and let cool down. After it has cooled for 15 min, put the filling in the refrigerator for 30 min before use.
  5. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt
  6. Cut in the shortening with the dry ingredients, I use my hands to work the shortening into the flour mixture.
  7. Add the eggs, milk and sugar, use a spoon at first then continue to work the dough with your hands until all ingredients all fully incorporated and you have a nice ball of dough.
  8. Split the dough in half, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put into the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  9. Preheat the oven to 350° f
  10. Take out half of the dough and split into 12-16 balls of dough (depending on how big you want the empanadas)
  11. Using a floured rolling pin, roll each of the dough balls into small round circles about 4-6 inches in diameter.
  12. Add a small dollop of pumpkin filling to center of dough.
  13. Wet the edge of the dough circle with water and fold the dough over to seal the empanada in half. Seal the edges by using a fork to press into the edge.
  14. Brush the top of each empanada with egg whites, then sprinkle the tops with the sugar/cinnamon topping.
  15. Place the empanadas on a greased cookie sheet and pierce each empanada with a fork to allow steam to escape during cooking.
  16. Cook empanadas for 18 minutes on middle rack in oven. If the tops aren't golden brown, you can switch the oven to broil and cook for a few more minutes until the tops are golden (make sure you don't burn em!)

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