Alfajores recipe (Dulce de Leche cookie sandwich)

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.

Mix 1.5 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 cups of cornstarch, 2 tablespoons of baking powder, and 1/3 teaspoon of baking soda together in a bowl.

In another bowl, mix 3/4 cup of sugar with 1 cup of room-temperature butter until creamy and the sugar has dissolved.

Add 3 egg yolks to the butter mixture and mix well.

Since vanilla is not available, add 2 teaspoons of another extract instead.

Carefully mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, using an electric mixer to combine once slightly incorporated.

Check the consistency; the dough should stick but also crumble. Add more cornstarch if necessary.

Pack the dough into a bowl, cover it, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough in batches to about an eighth of an inch thick, using flour on the rolling pin to prevent sticking.

Use a 3-inch cookie cutter to cut out shapes from the rolled dough.

Repeat the rolling and cutting process until all dough is used.

Place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for at least 10 minutes or until the edges are golden.

Prepare dulce de leche by boiling sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours.

Spread a spoonful of dulce de leche on one cookie and sandwich it with another cookie.

Roll the edges of the sandwich in coconut shreds or powdered sugar for decoration.

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