Empanadas

• 8 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 7/16 cups lard
• 7/8 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg beaten

1. Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius.
2. Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.
3. Add the lard and butter together and mix with the fingertips to form a crumbly mixture.
4. Mix the milk with the vanilla and add to the mixture. Gather the dough together into a ball.
5. Divide the dough into 3 equal portions, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6. Remove 1 portion from the refrigerator and roll out on a floured surface. Cut the empanada shapes with a circular cutter and fill.
7. Pinch the edges together and place onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush with beaten egg.
8. Bake for 15 minutes, until the edges are golden.

flour, sugar, lard, butter, milk, vanilla, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, salt, egg

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Empanadas-531411 (may not work)