Cream Cheese Arepas Recipe

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.