Beef Empanadas (Cuban Recipe)

Sift the flour, measure it and sift it again with the salt and baking powder, putting everything on the table where you are going to work. She uses her hands to make a hole in the center of the flour and add the lard, butter and whole eggs there. Go joining with the tips of your fingers all these ingredients to try to join them and pour the water sweetened with the sugar and the dry wine right there. When everything is well mixed, try, with both hands, to form a smooth dough, which will knead for a few minutes. Let it rest for an hour or so, in the refrigerator, wrapped in wax paper; and then spread it out on the floured table with the rolling pin also greased with flour and form the patties in the desired shape, but not too small, filling them with a tablespoon of the jerky mince. Fold the dough, cutting the patty with a knife or cutter and pressing the two edges with a fork passed through flour, so that when fried in plenty of hot butter, they do not open.