Empanadas De Pina Pineapple Turnovers Recipes

SWEET AND EASY PINEAPPLE EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Unfold 1sheet of puff pastry on lightly floured surface. Using a 3-inch cookie cutter or a 3-inch diameter can with the top removed, cut out 9 circles of dough. Repeat with the remaining puff pastry sheet. Put a scant teaspoon of cajeta in center of each round. Top each with a sprinkling of grated cheese and 3 or 4 pieces of pineapple. Brush the edge of each circle with the egg mixture and enclose each empanada into a half moon. Crimp the edges with fork. Transfer to prepared baking sheet and brush each empanada with the egg mixture. Crimp edges with fork.Transfer the empanadas to the prepared baking sheet and brush them with the egg mixture. Sprinkle with demarara sugar and bake until golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer the empanadas to a serving platter and serve warm.

EMPANADAS DE PINA (PINEAPPLE PASTRY COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place sugar in a bowl.
• Place flour in a large mixing bowl. Begin working butter into flour slowly until fully incorporated. Repeat process gradually with cream cheese, kneading dough until uniform and no longer crumbly. Form into 1 inch balls, then flatten with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/8 inch. (This may also be done by rolling out the entire amount of dough and cutting rounds with a biscuit cutter.)
• Place 1 tablespoon preserves on each dough center. Fold over, and seal with fingers or press to seal with a fork. Place cookies on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Cookie will remain white and should not be browned, and it is normal for some filling to leak from the cookie. When cookies are cool enough to handle, roll in sugar until evenly coated. Transfer to a platter to cool completely.

EMPANADAS DE PINA (PINEAPPLE)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except preserves.
• Knead into dough, roll out and cut with biscuit cutter, making a round circle.
• Place slightly less than a teaspoon of preserves in each cut shape.
• Fold and crimp edges together with fork.
• Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees F until light beige, about 12 minutes.
• After baking, roll in confectioners' sugar.

PINEAPPLE TURNOVERS

Steps:

• To make the crust, mix all of the above until a smooth ball forms. Divide into 6 pieces and roll each out into an 8-inch circle.
• To make the filling, heat pineapple, sugar and milk until hot. Mix cornstarch with pineapple juice. Add to heated pineapple and mix well. Let cool. Spoon pineapple filling into the middle of each dough circle, making sure not to overfill.
• Fold over to close edges. Press edges together using the tines of a fork and seal with a little water. Use fork to puncture top of dough about 3 times for ventilation.
• Place on greased cookie sheet. Using a pastry brush, brush the beaten egg, mixed with the water, over each turnovers. Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.

EMPANADAS DE PINA (PINEAPPLE TURNOVERS)

Steps:

• Mix first three ingredients. Knead into dough, sprinkle flour to area used to roll out, and roll out dough.
• Use a biscuit cutter or any drinking glass to cut out circles. Place preserves in bottom half of circle and fold the circles in half. Fold top of circle and press edges together either with your finger tip or with a fork.
• Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees F until light beige, about 12 - 14 minutes. After baking, while still warm, roll turnover in cinnamon sugar.