Empanadas De Calabaza

Photo: flickr user dainee

Ingredients

1 (29 oz.) can pumpkin

1 1/8 cups milk

3 teaspoons clove powder

16 ounces (½ c.) dark brown sugar

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

3 cups flour

2 tablespoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup lard

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1 cup lukewarm milk

Preparation

Mix pumpkin, milk, clove powder, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt together and cook over a low flame for 20 minutes. Cool before using filling.

Dough: Mix all dry ingredients together and cut in the lard as for pastry. Add milk and beat by hand into a stiff dough. Form into 2 inch balls and roll out into round circles. Fill center with filling. Brush top of tart with canned milk. Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown.