Cream Cheese Arepas - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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.(R))
    1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil, or as needed
Preparation
    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.

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