Argentinian Alfajores with Homemade Dulce de Leche
Alfajores are delicate cookie sandwiches filled with dulce de leche
Ingredients
- 2 cups All-purpose flour 250 grams
- 1 cup Cornstarch 120 grams
- ⅓ Cup Confectioners' sugar 30 grams
- 1 cup + 2 TBSP Cold butter Diced. 2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons (250 grams)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl mix the flour, corn starch and confectioners' sugar.
- Add the diced butter and mix well until with your hand, pressing the butter pieces into the dry ingredients.
- At first the mix will be dry and crumbly but keep working the dough until it's soft and uniform, about 10 minutes.
- Roll the dough about 1 inch thick.
- Cut the cookies with a biscuit cutter and place in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 350°F for 8 minutes. Let the cookies sit in the baking sheet for about 5 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool down completely before adding the Dulce de Leche.
- Once cooled down, add a layer of dulce de leche. I like to use a pipping bag for this to avoid pressing too hard on the cookie.
- Add the other cookie to form the sandwich and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar (I like to add a rack on top of a baking sheet to dust them with sugar).
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