Crispy mini pies filled with dulce de leche, cream cheese and sweet coconut flakes are delicious, and the perfect bite-sized dessert for your next party.
Dulce de Leche, Cheese and Coconut Empanadas
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 3 oz cream cheese (from 8-oz package), softened
- 3 tablespoons sweetened coconut flakes
- 1 box (14.1 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Pie Crusts (2 Count), softened as directed on box
- 6 tablespoons dulce de leche (from 13.4-oz can)
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. In small bowl, mix cream cheese and 2 tablespoons of the coconut flakes.
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Step2Unroll 1 pie crust onto lightly floured surface. Using 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut 9 rounds from the crust. Reroll dough, and cut an additional 3 rounds from crust; repeat with second pie crust, for a total of 24 dough rounds.
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Step3Top each of 12 dough rounds with about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cream cheese mixture, then top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons dulce de leche. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon coconut evenly over filling on dough rounds.
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Step4Using pastry brush, brush edges of each dough round with beaten egg. Top each round with another dough round; press edges together with fork to seal. Prick top of each round with fork; brush tops with beaten egg.
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Step5Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
190
Calories
11g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Empanada
- Calories
- 190
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 35%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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