Honey Nut And Fruit Empanadas Recipes

HONEY NUT AND FRUIT EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook and stir fruit, nuts and honey in saucepan on medium-low heat 3 min. Remove from heat.
• Roll out pie crust on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 18 rounds with 3-inch cookie cutter, rerolling scraps as necessary. Spoon 1-1/2 tsp. fruit mixture, then 1/2 tsp. cream cheese onto center of each pastry round. Brush edges of pastry rounds with egg; fold in half. Seal edges with fork. Cut small slit in top of each with sharp knife; place on foil-covered baking sheet. Brush with any remaining egg.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until golden brown.

HONEY NUT GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir oats, nuts and sunflower kernels together. In a separate bowl, mix together oil, honey, vanilla and cinnamon. Add to dry ingredients; mix well. Spread mixture onto two ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven, for 10 minutes, remove from oven and stir. Return to oven and continue baking until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before storing.

NEW MEXICO FRUIT EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the dough: Mix the flour oil, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar. Add just enough water to make the dough silky. Roll the dough out 1/8-inch thick and cut with a 4-inch cookie cutter.
• For the fruit: Mash the fruit with the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Spoon 2 tablespoons of fruit on one half of a circle of dough, then fold it over to look like a half-moon. Pinch the edges with a fork to seal.
• Bake until brown, about 15 minutes, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

HONEY-ROASTED NUTS AND FRUIT

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil and coat with cooking spray.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Stir in honey and cook 2 minutes or until mixture bubbles around edges of pan.
• Add nuts and next 5 ingredients, and cook over medium heat until nuts are golden, about 8 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in raisins.
• Immediately spread onto prepared baking sheet; cool completely.
• Note: Mine were still a bit sticky after they cooled, so I just stored them in the refrigerator.

CLASSIC EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until barely tender, about 8 minutes. Drain. Once cool enough to handle, peel and cut into cubes. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet and cook onion and spring onions until softened, about 5 minutes. Add bell pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Add ground beef. Cook and stir until beef is browned, about 5 minutes. Season with paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt.
• Remove beef mixture from heat, add potatoes and olives, and mix well. Stir in chopped hard-boiled eggs and set filling aside to cool, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil and lightly grease with olive oil.
• Place an empanada pastry round on a flat surface and lightly wet edges with warm water. Put a large tablespoon of cooled filling in the center and fold pastry over. Seal edges by pressing with a fork. Repeat with remaining rounds and filling. Transfer empanadas to the prepared baking sheets and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

FRUIT EMPANADAS

Steps:

• 1. To make filling, combine raisins, dates, nuts and marmalade in small mixing bowl. Set aside.2. In medium mixing bowl, stir together KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES cereal, flour, baking powder and salt. With pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk and mix with fork until dough holds together.3. On lightly floured surface roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 4-inch circles with floured cookie cutter. Top each with 1 tablespoon filling. Moisten edges with water. Fold in half and press edges with fork to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Place on baking sheet coated with cooking spray.4. Bake at 400°F about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Place on wire rack. Drizzle hot empanadas with glaze made of powdered sugar and water. Serve warm or cold.

EMPANADAS

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 F (190 degrees C).
• Roll chilled dough thin. Cut with 3 or 4 inch round cookie cutter. Place small spoonful of jam 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. Immediately roll in sugar mixed with cinnamon (traditional) OR in confectioners' sugar if preferred.

EMPANADAS DE FRUTA

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt and sugar; add shortening and mix well.
• Add beaten egg to water and then to dry mixture.
• Dough should be soft but not sticky.
• Make small balls of dough.
• Roll out to 5 inches diameter and 1/8" thick.
• Place a heaping teaspoon of filling on half of rolled out dough turning other half of dough over and pressing edges together.
• Pinch edges between thumb and fore finger giving the dough a half-turn.
• Fry in deep fat until golden brown.
• Drain.
• To make fruit filling, add enough water to cover the dried fruit and raisins.
• Cook over low heat until tender.
• Add sugar, spices, and nuts.
• Mix until well blended. ( A 21 oz. can of fruit pie filling can be
• substituted for the fruit filling.)

HONEY PAN DULCE WITH NUTS AND DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup warm milk and 1 teaspoon sugar in large bowl; sprinkle yeast over and stir to blend. Let stand until yeast dissolves and mixture looks foamy, about 5 minutes. Mix in 1/2 cup flour to form soft sponge. Cover sponge and let stand until very light and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
• Whisk eggs, honey, butter, lemon and orange peel, salt, remaining 1/4 cup milk, and 6 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl to blend. Stir egg mixture into sponge. Mix in 3 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, to form soft dough. Mix in additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is soft and just barely sticky. Turn out onto floured work surface. Knead dough until smooth and elastic, sprinkling with more flour by tablespoonfuls if still sticky, about 8 minutes.
• Butter another large bowl. Form dough into ball. Place in bowl; turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in warm draft-free area until doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Gently press dough down. Sprinkle with all fruits and nuts; knead in bowl to distribute evenly.
• Remove center tube of an angel food cake pan and place an 8-inch-diameter tart pan bottom inside to create 12-cup baking mold. Spray mold with nonstick spray, then butter and flour pan. Form dough into round. Place in prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm draft-free area until almost doubled in volume and almost level with top of pan, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake pan dulce until deep brown on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let stand in pan 5 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool completely. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and store at room temperature.
• *Available at some specialty foods stores and candy stores.

FRUIT EMPANADAS

Steps:

• 1. To make filling, combine raisins, dates, nuts and marmalade in small mixing bowl. Set aside.2. In medium mixing bowl, stir together KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES cereal, flour, baking powder and salt. With pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk and mix with fork until dough holds together.3. On lightly floured surface roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 4-inch circles with floured cookie cutter. Top each with 1 tablespoon filling. Moisten edges with water. Fold in half and press edges with fork to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Place on baking sheet coated with cooking spray.4. Bake at 400°F about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Place on wire rack. Drizzle hot empanadas with glaze made of powdered sugar and water. Serve warm or cold.