cream cheese arepas

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup milk at room temperature
• 1/4 cup cream cheese at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 cup arepas flour (such as p.a.n.®)
• 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 25 mins


• mix milk, cream cheese, and salt in a mixing bowl; whisk together until smooth and foamy. add sugar and arepas flour to milk mixture; mix with a spatula until dough is soft, thick, and workable, about 1 minute.
• divide dough into 4 portions (for the 4 wells in the maker). form each quarter into a ball and use wet hands to gently shape it into a thick patty about 1/2-inch thick. if you see little cracks on the outside, the dough may be a little too dry; add more milk.
• heat arepas maker; lightly coat wells of the arepas machine with vegetable oil.
• place patties into wells of maker, close lid, and let cook through one cooking cycle of machine, about 5 minutes. for a crisper crust, flip arepas, using a wooden spoon or spatula, and repeat cooking cycle for 5 more minutes. patties will be crusty and browned on both sides and the insides will be cooked all the way through.