Thanksgiving

(Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas is for Dinner.

(Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas takes 45 minutes to prepare.

(Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas takes 12 minutes to cook.

(Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas makes 32 servings.

The ingredients for (Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas are:

2 whole sweet potatoes
2 oz. neufchatel cheese
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 pinch pink Himalayan sea salt
1 pinch chile pepper powder
2 full Pillsbury Seamless Dough Sheets
Water

Here is how you make (Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Peel and cut up sweet potatoes into large chunks. Place in a large pot and add enough water to cover. Boil sweet potatoes for 20-25 minutes or until tender. Drain water out and mash sweet potatoes.Add the lemon juice, nutmeg, sea salt and chile pepper powder to the mashed potatoes and mix well.Set aside a small container of water for use in sealing empanadas.For each dough sheet:Remove dough sheet from tube, lay out flat, and use a rolling pin to make uniformly flat. Cut into 16 roughly square pieces. On each piece, place about 1 tsp of the sweet potato mix and scant 1/2 tsp of the neufchatel cheese. Baste edges of squares with water with fingers, then fold over each square to seal into a triangular shape.Place empanadas on a baking sheet covered with wax paper. Bake for six minutes, then baste with melted butter; bake for six more minutes or until golden brown at the edges.Cool on baker's rack. Serve immediately after cooling.Serving Size:?Makes 32 Empanadas

The nutritional information for (Un)-Sweet Potato Empanadas is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 32
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 65.3

• Total Fat: 3.4 g
• Cholesterol: 3.2 mg
• Sodium: 125.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 8.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Protein: 1.1 g