Dough for homemade empanadas

Name: Dough for homemade empanadas
Total time: 9000 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 10 g (1 package) yeast; 1/2 tbspn Salt; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 1/2 Tbsn sugar; 1 cup room temperature water; 1/2 cup room temperature water (again)

Kari @karinash

My mother in law makes these delicious empanada encasing!
These recipes can be adjusted to your liking, trail & error. It takes practice & know once you get the hang of it, it’ll be your go to recipe!

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Ingredients

2hr 30min

6 servings

3 cupsflour
10 g (1 package)yeast
1/2 tbspnSalt
1/3 cupvegetable oil
1/2Tbsn sugar
1 cuproom temperature water
1/2 cuproom temperature water (again)

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Steps

2hr 30min

1

Mix flour, yeast & salt.
2

Add Vegetable oil, sugar, room temperature water then mix.
3

Add the rest of water & keep mixing. Once it begins to form a thick texture take out the dough on a well floured surface.
4

Knead the dough, add pinch fulls of flour and keep kneading for 15 minutes.
5

Let rest for 30 minutes
6

Knead again to remove any air pockets for 10 minutes then let rest for 30 minutes.
7

Roll dough and make circle shapes to make the arepa
8

Oil lightly to coat the pan and add flour to the pan
9

Add the filling of your liking- Im using a super seasoned beef
10

THIS is how they should look completed. Optional- you can add egg wash on them to give them color before placing in oven.
11

Bake in oven for 30 minutes- check on them it might need a little less depending on your oven.