Halloween Pumpkin Empanadas Recipe
Send the kids out to trick or treat with full bellies! Pumpkin Empanadas are a festive, filling Halloween dinner that are easy to make!
Servings: 8 empanadas
Calories: 472kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/4 yellow onion diced
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 16 refrigerated biscuit dough I used Pillsbury Grands
- 1 egg
- Red & green food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil or spray with non-stick spray.
- Brown your ground beef over the stove. Rinse and drain.
- Add your diced onion and let the meat mixture start to cool down.
- Press down on each biscuit with your hands, making them bigger and flatter.
- Spoon a heaping spoonful of beef mixture into the center of each biscuit, leaving a space around the entire edge.
- Sprinkle some cheese over the top of the meat.
- Place another flattened biscuit over the meat-topped ones. Then, using a fork, press and seal the edges.
- Pinch a small portion of the dough and stretch outward just a bit to form the stem of your pumpkin.
- Add 1 drop of red food coloring into a small bowl with the egg and mix well to turn the egg wash orange. Brush the orange egg wash over the entire face of the pumpkin.
- Add some green food coloring to a paper towel and dab the "stems" to turn them green
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until heated through and the biscuits aren't doughy.
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Notes
If you have your own recipe for the meat filling, by all means, use it! I have a family favorite that is more authentic to the Latin taste, but this is just an easy, quick alternative! If you add the meat mixture to the biscuit dough while too hot, the biscuits will start to melt and become a sticky mess, so let it cool for bit to avoid this. These pumpkins may not look that orange when you brush them with the egg mixture, but don't worry- they get darker when they bake!
Nutrition
Serving: 1empanada | Calories: 472kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 1084mg | Potassium: 314mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 723IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 243mg | Iron: 3mg