Empanada Dough

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 day before:.
• 2 cream butter and cream cheese together until smoothly blended.
• 3 beat in the flour.
• 4 shape dough into a smooth ball; wrap in foil or cling wrap, and refrigerate overnight or up to a week.
• 5 at baking time:.
• 6 remove dough from refrigerator 30 minutes before using.
• 7 start heating oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
• 8 roll chilled dough thin.
• 9 cut with 3 or 4 inch round cookie cutter.
• 10 place small spoonful of filling in center of each round, moisten edges with water.
• 11 fold round over and press edges together.
• 12 bake on ungreased cookie sheet 15 to 20 minutes.