Alfajores with Dulche de Leche
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
12
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Course
Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Alfajores with Dulche de Leche
Description
This recipe for Alfajores with Dulce de Leche begins by caramelizing canned condensed milk in a water bath in the oven until it takes on a rich caramel color and flavor. The cookie dough combines plain flour and cornflour with icing sugar to ensure a delicate texture, blended with cold butter to create a crumbly, tender consistency. A mix of vanilla and beaten egg binds the dough when incorporated.
The dough is rolled out evenly between parchment and chilled before cutting into round shapes of the desired size. Baking is done at a low temperature to avoid browning and maintain softness. Once cooled, the cookies are sandwiched with the dulce de leche spread, adding a creamy, sweet filling characteristic of this traditional confection.
These Alfajores are typically enjoyed as a dessert or sweet snack and are well suited for serving with tea or coffee. Their subtle sweetness and texture make them a classic treat. Preparation requires some advance planning for the caramelizing step but uses basic baking techniques otherwise.
Ingredients
- 400 gram condensed milk 1 tin
- 200 gram plain flour
- 100 gram cornflour
- 50 gram icing sugar icing sugar or powdered
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 200 gram butter unsalted chopped cold
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 whole egg large beaten
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 150 deg C
- Caramel: Set the oven to 220 deg C. This caramel needs to be made a couple of hours ahead. Empty the tin of milk into a pot or oven proof container and put a piece of foil on top. Put the pot or the container into a water bath where the water comes half way up the side of the pot you are using. Put into the oven and leave for an hour and a half. The milk will turn a caramel colour. Cool
- Put the flour, corn flour, baking powder and pure sugar into a food processor and blitz. Add the chilled butter and whizz till it looks like buttery crumbs. Mix the vanilla and the egg and pour into the food processor while it is mixing. Mix till it is combined and gathers into a ball.
- Roll the dough between two pieces of paper till evenly spread to about 1 cm thick. Put onto a tray and chill till very cold.
- Cut out circles with a cutter ( the size you like) and put onto a lined flat tray
- Bake at 150 deg C for 10-12 minutes. Make sure they don't colour because these should be snowy white biscuits.
- Fill a small piping bag with cold caramel or spread the caramel thickly and sandwich two biscuits together. Sprinkle with icing sugar, store in an airtight container if there are any left. Some people prefer them the next day as they soften.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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