Sweet Empanada Dough

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You can easily make sweet dough from scratch and bake it in the oven or fry it in oil. You can fill these empanadas with several great fillings. So, are you ready to learn how to make sweet empanada dough? Let’s get started!

How To Make Sweet Empanada Dough

1. To make the sweet empanada dough for baking use a kitchen machine. Put the flour, salt, and sugar in the kitchen machine and pulse to combine the ingredients.
2. Then take the butter and slice it into about 15 small pieces of butter. Open the kitchen machine and add the pieces of butter. Pulse to combine the flour mixture and butter. You will get a crumbly structure.
3. Now add the egg and drizzle the water in a steady stream while the kitchen machine pulses. You will get a consistent flaky dough.
4. Take the dough out of the kitchen machine and knead the dough by hand for a couple of minutes. Then wrap the dough in foil.
5. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. Then the dough is ready for use. Put some flour on a worktop and rolling pin and roll out the dough into a thin sheet.
6. Use an empanada mold or a plate to make the empanada disc.

Easy Sweet Empanada Dough Recipe

One of the most popular recipes on the Tortilla Channel is this easy-to-make empanada dough. You can use it to make savory recipes.

You can use regular empanada dough to make sweet recipes but today’s recipe is especially great for:

• Hand pies
• Sweet turnovers
• Apple pie empanadas
• Dessert empanadas

To make this sweet dough you have to add sugar. However, it is really important to not overdo the amount of sugar. Because when you add too much sugar to pie dough the dough will get fragile.

When the dough is fragile it becomes very difficult to roll dough. Try to make the dough and follow the recipe if you want it sweeter add more sugar according to the notes below.

Can You Make Sweet Empanada Dough Ahead?

Yes, sweet empanada dough is a great recipe that can be made in advance. When you make the dough and have leftover empanada.

Either way, you have options to make the dough, store it, and use it later.

How To Store Sweet Empanada Dough

You can prepare empanada dough and store it in a couple of ways:

• Refrigerator – use within 1 or 2 days. Wrap in plastic wrap and leave the dough in the fridge
• Freezer – you can freeze a ball of sweet dough wrapped in plastic wrap. You can also cut the empanada discs and freeze per disc. Separate with baking paper and put it in a ziplock bag.

How Long Should You Bake Filled Empanadas?

When you make this dough and your empanadas are ready, brush them with egg wash. All you have to do next is preheat your oven to 400℉/200℃.

Bake for 20-25 minutes and your empanadas should be golden brown else leave them in for another 3-5 minutes.

You can also bake your empanadas in an Air Fryer. Preheat the Air Fryer to 360℉/180℃ for 3 minutes. Then bake your empanadas for 10 to 12 minutes or until done.

Flavor The Sweet Dough

Besides adding sugar to your dough, you can add a lot of different spices to the dough to give it even more flavor.

You can add spices like:

• Cinnamon
• Pumpkin spice
• Allspice
• Star anise
• Coconut sugar
• Cacao

More Empanada Dough Recipes

Besides this sweet empanada dough recipe, there are more varieties. Take a look at:

• Regular empanada dough – great to bake your empanadas in the oven
• Empanada dough for frying – this dough holds perfectly when you fry it in oil
• Gluten-free empanada dough – great to use when you are gluten-intolerant

Have fun trying this quick and easy sweet empanada dough recipe!

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Sweet Empanada Dough

Mireille

Serves: 12 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Want to learn how to make sweet empanada dough from scratch? Try this sweet empanada dough recipe. Great pastry dough for pie or tarts!

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 225 grams of unsalted butter, cut into 15 pieces (note 1)
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup of sugar (note 2)
• 2-4 tablespoons of cold water
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Put the flour, salt, and sugar in the kitchen machine and pulse to combine the ingredients
2. Slice the butter into about 15 small pieces. Add the pieces of butter to the kitchen machine
3. Pulse to combine the flour mixture and butter. You will get a crumbly structure
4. Add the egg and drizzle the water in a steady stream while the kitchen machine pulses. You will get a consistent flaky dough
5. Take the dough out of the kitchen machine and knead the dough by hand for a couple of minutes. Then wrap the dough in foil
6. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. Then the dough is ready for use
7. Put some flour on a worktop and rolling pin and roll out the dough into a thin sheet. Use an empanada mold or a plate to make the empanada disc

Notes

Note 1 - Use unsalted butter in this recipe
Note 2 - If you want sweeter dough you can add another ¼ cup of sugar
Note 3 - Instead of adding more sugar to the dough you can sprinkle sugar on top of your turnovers

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Nutrition facts

Calories: 274; Fat: 16g; Carbs: 28g; Protein: 4.3g;

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