Martha Stewart’s Alfajores de Dulce de Leche | Martha Bakes Recipes | Martha Stewart

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: caramel sauce

Honey provides natural sweetness, while caramel sauce is more affordable.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative, while margarine is often less expensive.

Put two cans of condensed milk into the top of a double boiler with a tight fitting lid.

Cook the condensed milk for five hours, adding boiling water to the bottom of the double boiler as needed.

In a food processor, combine 4 cups of all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of confectioner's sugar and pulse together.

Add 1.5 cups of well chilled butter cut into quarter inch cubes and mix until fully combined with the flour and sugar.

Add 1/2 cup of water and mix until the dough forms a ball.

Divide the dough into two squares and flatten into discs.

Chill the dough for at least one hour before rolling out.

Roll out the chilled dough on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick.

Cut cookies into 1.5 to 1.75 inch rounds and place on parchment-lined baking sheets.

Sprinkle sanding sugar on half of the cookies before baking.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake the cookies for 15 minutes.

Spread dulce de leche on the unsugared half of the cookies and sandwich with the sugared half.

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