Overnight Empanada Dough Recipes

Steps:

• Whisk together the 2 cups flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl until evenly blended; make a well in the center of the mixture. Whisk the egg yolk and water together in a small bowl until smooth; pour into the well and mix to form a stiff dough. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Roll the dough with a rolling pin until thin, sprinkling with flour to prevent from sticking. Brush with melted butter and roll it like a jelly roll. Cut with a sharp knife into 1 1/2-inch slices. Roll each piece into a circle and fill with about 1 tablespoon filling. Fold over into half moons and seal.

Steps:

• DAY BEFORE:.
• Cream butter and cream cheese together until smoothly blended.
• Beat in the flour.
• Shape dough into a smooth ball; wrap in foil or cling wrap, and refrigerate overnight or up to a week.
• AT BAKING TIME:.
• Remove dough from refrigerator 30 minutes before using.
• Start heating oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Roll chilled dough thin.
• Cut with 3 or 4 inch round cookie cutter.
• Place small spoonful of filling in center of each round, moisten edges with water.
• Fold round over and press edges together.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine sifted flour and butter in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until crumbly. Add egg and pulse until just combined.
• Dissolve salt in warm water. Add gradually to the food processor and pulse until a soft dough ball forms. Turn ball into a bowl and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• Dust a work surface with flour and knead dough for 1 minute. Roll out thinly and cut into discs. Freeze discs for later use or use right away for your favorite sweet or savory empanadas.

Steps:

• Sift flour with salt into a large bowl and blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal with some (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.
• Beat together egg, water, and vinegar in a small bowl with a fork. Add to flour mixture, stirring with fork until just incorporated. (Mixture will look shaggy.)
• Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and gather together, then knead gently with heel of your hand once or twice, just enough to bring dough together. Form dough into a flat rectangle and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.

Steps:

• Mix the salt and flour in a large bowl. Rub the lard into the flour mixture with the tips of your fingers until it begins to resemble pea-sized pebbles. Next, add the ice water and mix until just combined. Press into a 6 inch disk and wrap in plastic. Chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
• When you are ready to prepare the empanadas, pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut the disk into 4 chunks. Flour your work surface and roll one out with a floured rolling pin until it is 1/8 of an inch thick. You should be able to cut 6 four-inch rounds out of each (freehand with a sharp paring knife if you don't have a pastry cutter).
• Place a small amount of cold filling in the middle of each round, brush the edges with a bit of egg wash, fold into a half-moon, and crimp as desired -- some people fold the edges decoratively while others simply crimp with the tines of a fork.
• Place the prepared empanadas on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place into the preheated oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the crust is blistered and well-browned.

Steps:

• For the dough: Put flour, salt, sugar and lard in large mixing bowl.
• With your hands or an electric mixer, mix this mixture very well.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• Dissolve the yeast in the water and then add to the mixture.
• (If the dough is too dry, add enough water to make it manageable).
• Roll out dough to about 1/4th.
• inch thick.
• Cut circles, about 4 inches wide.
• For the filling: (see recipe for Euphelia's Meat Empanadas).
• Fill each circle with meat mixture.
• Fold and press edges firmly together.
• (You may use a bit of water to help seal the edges-- some people use beaten egg).
• Cut edges with pinking shears to help seal.
• Poke the little pie with a fork once or twice.
• Deep fat fry in oil or shortening until golden brown.

Steps:

• Melt lard in a small saucepan over low heat. Immediately mix with salt and 2/3 cup very warm water. Place flour in a food processor. Turn machine on and pour half the liquid through feed tube. Stop machine, turn it to pulse and add half the remaining liquid. Keep pulsing and add rest of liquid.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead briefly until smooth, form into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until cool, at least 30 minutes.