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New Mexico Fruit Empanadas

Ingredients

  • 2 cups unbleached flour
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 cups fresh or canned fruit
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar or fructose
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Cinnamon sugar, for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. For the dough: Mix the flour oil, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar. Add just enough water to make the dough silky. Roll the dough out 1/8-inch thick and cut with a 4-inch cookie cutter.
  3. For the fruit: Mash the fruit with the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Spoon 2 tablespoons of fruit on one half of a circle of dough, then fold it over to look like a half-moon. Pinch the edges with a fork to seal.
  4. Bake until brown, about 15 minutes, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

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