🍲 Alfajores (Latin American Sandwich Cookies)

Name: Alfajores (Latin American Sandwich Cookies)
Ingredients: ½ cup (120 ml) butter; 1 cup (240 ml) white granulated sugar; 1 egg; 2 egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 tsp lemon rind, grated; 1½ cup (360 ml) cornstarch; ½ cup (120 ml) flour; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; Dulce de leche

Biscuits & Cookies · 11 ingredients · 6 steps

Alfajores are a Latin-American sandwich cookie filled with dulce de leche.

40 cookies3

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Ingredients

½ cup (120 ml) butter
1 cup (240 ml) white granulated sugar
1 egg
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp lemon rind, grated
1½ cup (360 ml) cornstarch
½ cup (120 ml) flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
Dulce de leche

Method

Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy.
Add egg and egg yolks one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind.
Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to batter and mix well.
Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well-buttered baking sheet.
Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Remove immediately and cool.
Sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche.

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