I made these for a Missions banquet at church. Different people were assigned different countries to prepare dishes from. These were a huge hit. The South American Table stayed the busiest all night. I doubled my recipe and made about 60 empanadas....I too chose to leave out the raisins, but added everything else. The puff pastry was a little difficult to use, the next time I will find a recipe for emanada dough and make that. Thank you for the recipe!!!

Reviewed On: Mar. 23, 2009