# OREO Empanadas

Source: https://www.oreo.com/recipe/oreo-empanadas-166691

Servings: 12 · Total time: 2h 3min

Make ahead these delicious dessert empanadas up to a day before you want to serve them. Rounds of puff pastry are filled with an OREO Cookie and cream cheese mixture.

## Ingredients

- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 egg, beaten, divided
- 6 OREO Cookies, divided
- 1 pkg. (17.3 oz.) frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
- 1 tsp. water

## Directions

1. Heat oven to 400°F.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar in small bowl with mixer until blended. Add vanilla and 2 Tbsp. egg; mix well. Coarsely chop 5 cookies; stir into cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate until ready to use.
3. Roll out 1 pastry sheet on lightly floured surface to 13x9-inch rectangle. Cut into 6 rounds with 4-inch cookie cutter. Repeat with remaining pastry sheet. Prick pastry rounds in several places with fork. Mix remaining egg and water until blended; brush onto edges of pastry rounds.
4. Spoon 1 heaping tsp. cream cheese mixture into center of each round; fold in half. Seal edges with fork.
5. Place on parchment-covered baking sheet; brush with remaining egg wash. Finely crush remaining cookie, sprinkle over empanadas.
6. Bake 15 to 18 min. or until golden brown. Cool completely. Refrigerate 1 hour.

## Nutritional Information

- Calories: 330
- Total fat: 22g
- Saturated fat: 8g
- Trans fat: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
- Sodium: 190mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 29g
- Dietary fiber: 1g
- Total sugars: 12g
- Protein: 4g
- Calcium: 2% DV
- Iron: 6% DV

## Tips

- Empanadas can be refrigerated up to 24 hours before serving.
- Sweets can be part of a balanced diet but remember to keep tabs on portions.