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Vegan Empanada Dough

A dairy-free and gluten-free alternative to a classic authentic dough
Servings: 10 empanadas
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican, Tex Mex

Ingredients
  

  • Cup Gluten-Free Flour w/ xanthan Gum
  • ½ Cup Vegan Butter, Unsalted very cold
  • 1 tbsp Flax meal + water
  • 1 tbsp Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Dairy-free Milk, Unsweetened
  • 1 Cup Ice water

Equipment

  • Pastry Blender
  • Mixing bowls
  • Fork
  • Measuring Cups and Spoons
  • Plastic Wrap

Method
 

  1. Combine flax meal with 3 tbsps of water and let sit for 5mins
  2. Whisk gluten-free flour and salt in a medium mixing bowl
  3. Toss your very cold butter into the flour mixture and pinch butter using your hands or pastry blender until butter is broken into smaller pieces
  4. Once flax meal has combined with water, whisk in dairy-free milk, ⅓ cup of ice water, and vinegar quickly
  5. Pour the flax and milk mixture over the flour and butter mixture and toss with a fork to combine to begin to form the dough
  6. When most of the dough is formed, pour the dough out onto a flat surface begin to kneed the dough using your hands
  7. Next, work the dough until formed yet fairly dry and you see butter chunks
  8. With plastic wrap, wrap the dough and let sit in the refrigerator for 1 hr until ready to prep empanadas