Sweet Irish Gaelic Patato Pie Empanadas

Ingredients:

for the dough:

iii cups flour
3/4 loving cup butter
1/4 to 1/2 loving cup mutual frigidity water
tablespoon sugar
pinch salt

for the filling:

2 1/2 cups mashed sweetness potatoes (cooled, tin move made ahead of time)
2 eggs
1/4 loving cup (homemade) vanilla edible bean infused rum (or 1 tablespoon vanilla)
1/2 teaspoon star anise
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon



assembly:
2 eggs beaten
pearl carbohydrate (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. Line two cookie sheets alongside silipats or parchment. Set aside.


for the dough:

Place all ingredients inwards a nutrient processor together with pulse until a dough forms, adding H2O equally needed. Roll out on to a floured surface until it is near 1/4 inch thick. (you tin role a countertop but I beloved my baking mat together with I experience similar it is a lot less messy)

for the filling:
Mix past times mitt or inwards a mixer, throughly mix together all ingredients. Set aside.

assembly:

Cut the dough into 3-4 inch rounds (I used an empanada press similar to this one I flora inwards a thrift store for 25¢ but a large biscuit or cookie cutter plant simply fine), fill upwards alongside near 2 tablespoons of filling together with seal, brushing a fighting of beaten egg approximately the border together with pinching to seal. You may destination upwards alongside extra filling, discard or role to brand something else.

Arrange on the cookie sheets inwards a unmarried layer. Brush alongside egg. Sprinkle alongside pearl carbohydrate if desired. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until browned together with puffy. Cool on a wire rack.

My thoughts:

Since nosotros were doing a Cuban themed Thanksgiving this year, it made feel to forgo the park pie together with brand empanadas. Sweet Irish Gaelic patato pie empanadas are of course of didactics non a traditional nutrient past times whatever feel but they certain are good! Matt came upwards alongside the filling to hand it a slightly Caribbean flavor spell nonetheless tasting similar his favorite sort of pie. 

The directions appear long but it actually is easy. Feel costless to laid upwards the potatoes ahead of fourth dimension together with fifty-fifty to brand the dough the solar daytime earlier together with they bake upwards much faster than a traditional pie. I intend it would brand a corking pie alternative on whatever Thanksgiving table.