Bakery can't make handmade empanadas fast enough as tourists descend on nation's oldest city

At the Spanish Bakery & Café in St.

Augustine, Florida, a tray of 16 empanadas doesn't necessarily last long.

On a busy day, bakery manager Carol Miller said customers can scoop them up as soon as they're made.

"There are times when we'll sell through three trays within an hour, not even," Miller told Fox News Digital.

"So, it really depends.

There is a lot of craze for these empanadas , and they do go very fast." The attention may be fueled by tourists, recommendations and social media, but the bakery's empanadas are hardly a new addition to St.

Augustine's food scene.

Miller said they date to the bakery's opening in 1965.

CENTURY-OLD ITALIAN ICE RECIPE IS CREATING CHILDHOOD MEMORIES FOR A WHOLE NEW GENERATION "We actually make everything from hand ourselves – the doughs, the mixes, pressing them, everything," she said.

Making enough to satisfy the crowds takes work.

Producing 10 trays using the bakery's former hand-rolling process could consume an eight-hour shift, Miller said.

A newer rolling machine has cut that time to about four hours.

With 16 empanadas to a tray, that's 160 at a time.

While plenty of customers happen upon the bakery while exploring St.