Alfajores
By Chatelaine23
PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
2 hrs 30 min
Makes
about 30 sandwich cookies
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp brandy
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup dulce de leche
- 2 tbsp sweetened, shredded coconut , for coating
- icing sugar , for dusting
Instructions
- WHISK flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- BEAT butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium until fluffy, about 3 min. Add egg yolk, brandy and vanilla and beat until combined, 30 sec. Beat in flour mixture on low until just combined.
- DIVIDE in half and wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten into discs and refrigerate until firm, 1 ½ hr.
- PREHEAT oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- ROLL dough on a large piece of parchment to ¼-in. thickness. Refrigerate on another baking sheet for 20 min. Cut out shapes using a 1 ½-in. round cookie cutter, rerolling scraps and refrigerating as needed. Place cookies ½ in. apart on prepared sheet.
- BAKE until cookies are firm and bottoms are light golden, 11 to 12 min. Cool for 2 min, then transfer to a rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough.
- FLIP half of the cookies over and spread 2 tsp dulce de leche on each. Gently sandwich with remaining cookies. Roll sides of cookies in coconut to coat, then dust with icing sugar before serving.
Nutrition (per cookie)
- Calories
- 158,
- Protein
- 2 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 18 g,
- Fat
- 9 g,
- Sodium
- 110 mg.
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