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Default Need help with sweet empanadas

On May 9, 7:03*pm, Arri London > wrote:
> Kris wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon all,

>
> > I'm doing a cooking class for my daughter's school, and have decided
> > to make Mexican, as it appeals to her age group. Plus some other mom
> > chose Italian first ! >

>
> > I'm doing tacos, making the taco meat, salsa and guacamole from
> > scratch.

>
> > For dessert, I thought dessert empanadas would be good - we'll have
> > two different choices of fillings.

>
> > The trouble is, I've only ever made savory ones. Does anyone have a
> > good dough recipe for sweet ones?

>
> > Many thanks,
> > Kris

>
> Round these parts, the dough is the same as for savoury empanadas. Only
> the filling is sweet.
>
> Are you frying the empanadas or baking them? A pie pastry works fine for
> fried empanadas. You can use tube biscuit dough, rolled thin, for baked
> empanadas (sweet or savoury), with excellent results.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Frying.

Never thought of biscuit dough - might be a good option for kids.

Thanks for the ideas,
Kris