Alfajor - Faça e venda

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and adds a subtle flavor.

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: caramel sauce

💰Cheaper: sweetened condensed milk

Caramel sauce can be lighter and easier to find.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate chips

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Milk chocolate is often less expensive but sweeter.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, cornstarch, sugar, baking powder, and cold butter.

Mix well with your fingertips until it resembles wet sand.

Add vanilla extract and egg yolks, mixing until a smooth dough forms.

Incorporate lemon zest into the dough.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.

Divide the dough and roll it out between two layers of plastic wrap.

If the dough becomes too soft and sticky, refrigerate it again before using.

Use a cookie cutter to cut out circles from the dough.

Place the cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (356°F) for 10 minutes.

Let the cookies cool completely before filling with firm dulce de leche.

Optionally, use another filling like brigadeiro, ensuring it is firm.

Melt chocolate for coating the alfajores.

Dip each alfajor in the melted chocolate, using a fork to create a decorative pattern.

Chill the coated alfajores in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Trim the edges with fingers or a knife for wrapping.

Wrap the alfajores in decorative foil for gifting or selling.

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