Empanadas De Fruta

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Empanadas De Fruta
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 8 servings

Dough:
6 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1 tb Sugar
3/4 c Shortening
1 1/2 c Water
Fruit filling:
20 oz Mixed dried fruit
1/2 lb Raisins
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1 c Pinon nuts(other nuts okay)

Mix flour, salt and sugar; add shortening and mix well. Add beaten egg
to water and then to dry mixture. Dough should be soft but not sticky. Make
small balls of dough. Roll out to 5 inches diameter and 1/8" thick. Place a
heaping teaspoon of filling on half of rolled out dough turning other half
of dough over and pressing edges together. Pinch edges between thumb and
fore finger giving the dough a half-turn.
Fry in deep fat until golden brown. Drain. To make fruit filling, add
enough water to cover the dried fruit and raisins. Cook over low heat until
tender. Add sugar, spices, and nuts. Mix until well blended. ( A 21 oz. can
of fruit pie filling can be substituted for the fruit filling.)

-----