Gingerbread pear empanadas - Laylita's Recipes

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• ¼ - ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tbs ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• Pinch of salt
• 2 stick of butter (cut into small pieces)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbs molasses
• 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
• 2-4 tbs cold water
• 4 pears (cored and cut in quarters)
• 16 oz. or 1lb of panela or piloncillo
• 1 cup water
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cloves
• 1 tbs freshly grated ginger
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup demerara sugar to sprinkle on top of empanadas