Cheesy Bean & Roasted Red Pepper Empanadas

With most of my stepmom’s relatives living across the country or across the border, I’ve always appreciated the way she’s tried to connect us to them through food. Holidays were spent helping her fill tamales and empanadas made from recipes passed down for generations. Although I tended to gravitate toward the sweet empanadas she’d fill with apple or pumpkin when I was a kid, I played around with these savory ones for the book and loved them.

Before asking her for the recipe, I trie