Delicious Alfajores Recipe
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3.9
Delicious Alfajores Recipe
Description
This alfajores recipe begins by mixing dry ingredients including cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt. Butter and sugar are creamed until fluffy, then egg and vanilla are incorporated. The flour mixture is added slowly to form a soft but manageable dough, which is chilled to firm up.
Once chilled, the dough is rolled to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut into rounds using a cookie cutter. The cookies bake quickly at a moderate temperature until the edges develop a slight golden hue. After cooling, dulce de leche is piped or spread onto one cookie, then sandwiched with another, yielding a tender, buttery cookie complemented by the sweet caramel filling.
The cookies can be dusted with powdered sugar to add a delicate sweetness and finish the presentation. If the dough softens too much during rolling, chilling again helps maintain proper thickness and shape for baking.
Ingredients
For Cookies
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- salt pinch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 10 tablespoons butter at room temperature, unsalted
- 1/2 cup sugar
Filling
- 1 can dulce de leche
Topping
- powdered sugar optional
Instructions
For Cookies
- In a bowl mix the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt
- In the bowl of a mixer, add the butter and sugar. Mix using a paddle attachment of high speed until creamy and fluffy. 3-4 minutes
- Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula
- Add the vanilla and egg. Mix
- Lower the mixer speed and slowly add the flour mixture.
- Remove cookie dough from mixer and divide in 2
- Shape into flat disks and cover with plastic wrap
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Remove one cookie disk from the fridge
- Roll on a floured surface until the dough has 1/4" inch thickness
- Using a round cookie cutter about 1 3/4" inches or your desired size cut out circles
- Place cookies on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper
- Repeat with remaining disk of dough
- Bake for 7-8 minutes or until browned on the edges
- Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack
- Pour dulce de leche on a zip top bag. Snip a small hole in the corner of the bag
- Turn half of the cookies over
- Pipe dulce de leche mounds in the middle of each cookie
- Place a cookie on top and press gently to distribute the dulce de leche all over the cookie surface
- Dust with powdered sugar
- Enjoy!
Notes
- If dough becomes too soft while rolling, chill for 30-40 minutes before continuing to ensure proper consistency.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 95 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1alfajor | |
| Calories | 95kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 19mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 3mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 15mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 155IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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3.9
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