Servings: 12 Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
3 large apples, peeled and diced
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ tablespoon lemon juice
¾ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
1 egg white
Pinch of kosher salt
1 tablespoon cold water
¼ cup sugar
1 large egg
½ cup butter.
Instructions
- Add all filling ingredients in a medium pot. Cook on medium heat and stir frequently till apples are tender and absorbed all liquid and sugar. Pour cooked apple mixture into a bowl and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 170°C. In a food processor, mix in sugar, flour, eggs, salt, water, butter and pulse till clumpy-like dough forms. On a floured workspace, knead dough into a ball. Cut into 3 pieces and cut each again into another 3 smaller pieces, totaling 12. Roll each into balls with your palm. On a floured workspace, roll each ball with rolling pin into 6-inch flat disk. Place on a lined baking sheet.
- Scoop 2 tablespoons of filling into the flat disk and fold using index finger till sealed firmly, press down with fork if you choose to. Place empanadas in lined baking sheet, poke holes on top of empanadas with fork.
- Brush with egg white and turbinado sugar. Bake for 20-25 minutes till light brown.
