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Alfajores (Latin American Sandwich Cookies)

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

Yield 40 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

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy.
  2. 2
    Add egg and egg yolks one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind.
  3. 3
    Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to batter and mix well.
  4. 4
    Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well-buttered baking sheet.
  5. 5
    Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Remove immediately and cool.
  6. 6
    Sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Alfajores_(Latin_American_Sandwich_Cookies)