Pineapple Empanadas

Description

Yield: About 2 Dozen

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup pineapple preserves
• powdered sugar

Procedures

1. Cream butter and cream cheese together until light.
2. Fold in flour with spatula.
3. Knead on a lightly floured surface until the dough is soft, not sticky.
4. Refrigerate dough for 3 hours.
5. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
6. Roll dough to ⅛" thickness.
7. Cut out 2" circles.
8. Put ½ tsp preserves in center.
9. Moisten edge of circle with a wet finger.
10. Fold circle in half and seal edge.
11. Let set 15 minutes while oven is preheating to 350 °F.
12. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
13. Dust with powdered sugar.