Bacon And Egg Empañadas Recipe Epicuriouscom

BACON AND EGG EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Stir together the first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl until blended; stir in cheese.
• Melt butter in a 9 inch skillet over medium heat; add eggs and cook without stirring until eggs begin to set on bottom. Draw spatula across bottom of skillet to form large curds. Continue cooking until eggs are slightly thickened but still moist. (Do NOT stir constantly).
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• Flatten each bisquit into about a 5 inch circle.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over the tops of dough circles, leaving a 1/2 inch border around the edges.
• Top evenly with eggs and bacon.
• Fold dough circles in half over mixture, pinching edges to seal.
• Place 2 inches apart in a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan coated with pam.
• Brush top of doughs evenly with egg white.
• Press sealed edges with the tines of a fork.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake at 375 14-16 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove empanadas with a spatula onto a wire rack.
• Serve Warm.
• Leftovers store in a ziplock bag after completely cooled, then place in the refridgerator.
• To reheat wrap in paper towel and microwave at 50% power for 1-2 minutes.
• *These are good for OAMC*.

BACON AND EGG EMPAñADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. and butter a baking pan.
• On a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin roll out each empanada wrapper into a 7-inch round. Finely grate Cheddar and in a bowl whisk together with eggs and salt and pepper to taste. Chop scallions. In a nonstick skillet heat 1 teaspoon butter over moderately high heat until foam subsides and sauté bacon until golden, about 1 minute on each side. Transfer bacon to a plate and add remaining 2 teaspoons butter to skillet. Heat butter until foam subsides and sauté scallions 15 seconds. Add egg mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until eggs just begin to set but are still very loose, about 30 seconds. Arrange 1 piece bacon 1/4 inch from edge of 1 empanada wrapper and spoon half of egg mixture on top of bacon. Fold empanada wrapper over filling to create a half-moon shape and seal by pressing edges together firmly with a fork. Make another empanada in same manner.
• Transfer empanadas to baking pan and cut a few small slits in top of each empanada to create steam vents. Bake empanadas in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes.