Homeade Apple Empanada

This is the recipe for my delicious homemade apple empanadas. The ingredients will make 1 empanada, if you wish to make more than 1 simply multiply the ingredients as necessary. You may wish to brown them two at a time as more than 2 may be difficult to manage without burning.

Homemade Apple Empanada

Servings:

• 1 apple empanda

Preperation Time:

• Preparation & cook time is about
  20 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 1 apple
• 1 tbsp golden yellow sugar
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp butter or margarine
• 1/2 tbsp of confectioner’s (icing) sugar

Optional ingredients:

• 1 tbsp granola

Instructions:

1. Peel, dice and core your apple. The pieces should be small so that they are easier to cook through.
2. Place your apple, margarine or butter, golden sugar, and cinnamon in a sauce pan.
   

   Apples, sugar, cinnamon and margarine mixture

3. Cook on medium/high to let the apples soften, and cook off the juice. Stir the apples often to avoid burning. The apples will be finished cooking when you can cut them easily with a spatula.
   

   Cooking the apple mixture

4. Place your apple mixture in the tortilla and add the granola.  Wrap tightly.
   

   Wrapping the Empanada

   

   Empanada in the pan with margerine

5. Add the remaining tbsp of margarine (or butter) to a frying pan. On low heat begin to brown all sides of your tortilla; turning frequently. I recommend using tongs, so you can hold the tortilla while browning the sides. Low & slow will give you that nice brown crispy texture.
   

   Browning the Empanada

6. Finish by cutting in half and sifting the 1/2 tbsp of confectioner’s sugar over the top.
   

   Sifting Icing sugar on top

Substitutions:

• You can use brown sugar instead of golden yellow sugar, but I’m not a molasses fan.