alfajores - cookies with dulcedeleche and coconut

Name: Alfajores - cookies with DulceDeLeche and Coconut
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Latin American
Ingredients: 12 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 - egg; 2 - egg yolks; 2 tablespoon(s) cognac; 2 1/2 cup(s) cornstarch; 1 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; - zest of 1/2 lemon; - dulce de leche; - grated coconut

12 Pinches

Jean Ray

Updated on Aug 16, 2014

Traditional South American cookie.

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prep time 1 Hr

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

12 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
1 - egg
2 - egg yolks
2 tablespoons cognac
2 1/2 cups cornstarch
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- zest of 1/2 lemon
- dulce de leche
- grated coconut

How To Make alfajores - cookies with dulcedeleche and coconut

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Step 2

Cream butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients except dulce de leche and coconut. Knead dough until smooth. Let rest 15 minutes.
Step 3

Roll dough to 1/4" thick and cut in 2" circles. You should get 24 cookies. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake 20 minutes.
Step 4

When cool, spread dulce de leche on bottoms of 12 cookies and top with another cookie, letting some dulce de leche ooze out. Roll sides in grated coconut.
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