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 for about 1 minute until the dough is soft, thick, and workable.

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 ½-inch thick. If there are 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 the maker, close lid, and let cook through one cooking cycle of machine for about 5 minutes. For a crisper crust, flip arepas, using a wooden spoon or spatula, and repeat cooking cycle for about 5 minutes. Patties will be crusty and browned on both sides and the insides will be cooked all the way through.