Alfajores
Serves
16
Total Time
1hrs 32mins
Calories
117
Popular Latin American shortbread sandwich cookies, filled with Dulce de Leche caramel.
- Cornstarch
130 g (about 1 cups)
- All purpose flour
70 g (about ½ cup)
- Baking powder
5 g (about 1 teaspoon)
- Baking soda
2 g (about ½ teaspoon)
- Unsalted butter
100 g (about ½ cup)
- Granulated sugar
65 g (about ¼ cup)
- Egg yolk
2 (about 40 g)
- Vanilla extract
5 g (about 1 ⅛ teaspoons)
- Brandy
1 tablespoon (about 14 g)
- Dulce de leche
as needed
- Powdered sugar
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add cornstarch, all purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda to a clean medium bowl
- 2. Whisk together until combined
- 3. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- 4. Cream together until light and fluffy
- 5. Add egg yolk, vanilla extract and brandy to the dough
- 6. Mix briefly
- 7. Add dry ingredients to dough gradually while mixing
- 8. Wrap with plastic wrap
- 9. Chill in fridge - 1 hr
- 10. Pre-heat oven - 174°C
- 11. Line 2 clean baking sheets with parchment paper
- 12. Roll out dough
- 13. Cut out
- 14. Transfer dough to 2 baking sheets
- 15. Bake until browned at edges - 12 min, 174°C
- 16. Transfer onto cooling rack
- 17. Spread with dulce de leche
- 18. Dust with powdered sugar
METHOD
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