Olenka Cooks Recipe | Alfajores

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

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

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: caramel sauce

💰Cheaper: sweetened condensed milk

Caramel sauce can mimic the flavor, while sweetened condensed milk is more accessible.

Add all ingredients except for Macar Blanco into the food processor.

Add room temperature butter to the food processor with the other ingredients.

Process the mixture until it comes together like Play-Doh, being careful not to overmix.

Transfer the dough onto Saran Wrap and shape it into a disc.

Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes to relax the gluten.

Sprinkle flour on a clean surface and roll out the dough to about an eighth of an inch thick.

Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter, either heart or circle, and place them on a clean cookie sheet.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

Bake the cookies for 7-10 minutes until they are slightly golden on the edges and pale on the bottom.

Remove cookies from the oven and let them cool.

Pipe Macar Blanco onto the cookies that are facing down.

Sandwich the cookies together gently to avoid breaking them.

Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the filled cookies.

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