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Alfajores
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
14 mins
Resting Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 24 mins
 
Alfajores should be a part of your cookie repertoire. These thin dulce de leche sandwich cookies are delicious and really very simple to make.
Course: Desserts/Sweets
Cuisine: peruvian, venezuelan, argentinian
Keyword: Holiday Favorites
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 125 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1½ sticks 6 ounces/170g unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup 130g granulated sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup 125g all-purpose flour
  • 1¼ cup 150g cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup dulce de leche homemade or store-bought
Instructions
  1. Using a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together for several minutes, until it is smooth, light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks one at a time and mix until combined. Add the vanilla extract.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and then add to the butter mixture, mixing only until combined. Do not overmix.
  3. If you are going to roll the cookie dough and cut into circles using a circle cutter, shape the cookie dough into a disk, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or as long as three days. If you do not have a circle cutter, shape and roll the dough into a log about 2-inches in diameter. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or as long as three days.
  4. When you are ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 350˚F.

  5. Roll the disk of dough out on a floured countertop until it about 1/8-inch thick. Use a 2-inch circle cutter to cut the dough into rounds and place the rounds on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Gather the scraps of dough, re-roll it and cut out more circles. If you don’t have a circle cutter, slice the roll of dough into thin 1/8-inch slices, and place the slices on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. You should have 48 cookies.

  6. Bake the cookies for 12 - 15 minutes, until set but and just starting to brown very lightly on the edges. Cool to room temperature.
  7. Dollop about 1 tablespoon of dulce de leche on the bottom surface of half your baked cookies. Top with the other half of the cookies and press to spread the dulce de leche, creating sandwich cookies.
  8. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Nutrition Facts
Alfajores
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 125 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 4g20%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 40mg13%
Sodium 96mg4%
Potassium 19mg1%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 0.2g1%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 210IU4%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.