Name: Empanadas
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Butter, softened - ½ cup; Cream cheese - 1 (3 ounce) package; Sifted all-purpose flour - 1 cup; Fruit preserves - 1 cup; White sugar - ⅓ cup; Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients for - Empanadas

1. Butter, softened ½ cup

2. Cream cheese 1 (3 ounce) package

3. Sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup

4. Fruit preserves 1 cup

5. White sugar ⅓ cup

6. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Empanadas

1 . Stage

DAY BEFORE: Cream butter and cream cheese together until smoothly blended. Beat in the flour. Shape dough into a smooth ball, wrap in foil or cling wrap, and refrigerate overnight or up to a week.

2 . Stage

AT BAKING TIME: Remove dough from refrigerator 30 minutes before using. Start heating oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

3 . Stage

Roll chilled dough thin. Cut with 3 or 4 inch round cookie cutter. Place small spoonful of jam in center of each round, moisten edges with water.

4 . Stage

Fold round over and press edges together. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 15 to 20 minutes. Immediately roll in sugar mixed with cinnamon (traditional) OR in confectioners' sugar if preferred.