EMPANADA DOUGH RECIPE- BEST FOR FRYING AND BAKING

Empanada dough for frying and baking is easy to prepare and you can make it by hand or using a bread machine. This flaky empanada dough can also be made with maseca or cornflour and feel free to add cream cheese in place of butter or totally replace the butter with oil or lard EMPANADA DOUGH recipe- for frying and baking or air fryer - FLOUR---- 5 cups (ALL PURPOSE FLOUR) - SALT---- 1/4 TEASPOON - SUGAR ---- 1 TABLESPOON - EGG-------- 2 WHOLE EGGS - MARGARINE(BUTTER) -----120ML MELTED OR 8TBSP ROOM TEMPERATURE - WATER ----- ABOUT 100 ML OR MORE(UNTIL CONSISTENCY IS ACHIEVED) TO MAKE THE EMPANADA DOUGH (FRIED MEATPIE DOUGH) - Mix 5 cups flour, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt together until combined. Add 2 whole eggs and 120ml melted butter or margarine(8tbsp room temp) and mix well - Gradually add water and continue mixing until the dough comes together and not sticky. Wrap in a cling film and rest in fridge for 20 minutes - After 20 minutes, take out the dough knead a little and cut into two portions - Roll out the dough on a floured surface and using a circular mold, cut out as much circles as the dough allows .Fill in the circles with the cooled filling and seal tight with your fingers and a fork - finally heat up some oil on medium heat until pretty hot and fry the empanadas (meat pies) until golden brown and crisp MASA DE EMPANADAS para frier - HARINA---- 5 tazas (HARINA TODO USO)