banana pastries
Banana Pastries Dough 4 cups all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons shortening 4 tablespoons sweet butter 1/2 cup water Filling 2 large bananas 1/3 cup finely chopped dried apricot 1 pinc...
Ingredients
- 4cupall-purpose flour
- 4tablespoonshortening
- 4tablespoonsweet butter
- 1/2cupwater
- 2large bananas
- 1/3cupfinely chopped dried apricot
- 1pinchnutmeg
- 1dashorange juice
Directions
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Banana Pastries Dough 4 cups all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons shortening 4 tablespoons sweet butter 1/2 cup water Filling 2 large bananas 1/3
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Add the shortening and butter and rub into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs
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Gradually blend in the water to make a soft dough
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Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
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Mash the bananas in a bowl with a fork and stir in the apricots, nutmeg, and orange juice, mixing well
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Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface and cut out 4-inch rounds
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Spoon a little of the banana filling onto one half of each round and fold the dough over the filling to make semicircles
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Pinch the edges together and seal by pressing with prongs of a fork