Sweet Empanaditas
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
36 cookies
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
- 236.59 ml butter, softened
- 170.09 g cream cheese, softened
- 473.18 ml all-purpose flour
- 236.59 ml desired flavor of tropical fruit jam (such as pineapple or Hawaiian Fruit)
- 78.78 ml sugar
- 4.92 ml ground cinnamon
directions
- Combine butter and cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour, beating on low speed until combined.
- Gather mixture into a ball and divide in half. Cover and chill for 1 to 2 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick foil; set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one of the dough portions to a 1/8 inch thickness.
- Using a round 3 to 3 1/2 inch cookie cutter, cut out dough. place about 1 teaspoon of the jam in the center of each round.
- Moisten edges of dough with water. Fold the dough in half to enclose the jam; press edges together with the tines of a fork to seal.
- Place the empanaditas 1 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheet, Bake in oven for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.
- In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. While cookies are warm, carefully roll them in cinnamon-sugar.Place on a wire rack; let cool. Repeat with remaining dough portion, remaining jam, and remaining cinnamon-sugar.
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