Empanadas De Pina Pineapple Food

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.

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.