3 INGREDIENTS Alfajores Recipe that will change your way of Baking!

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while maintaining texture.

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: caramel sauce

💰Cheaper: sweetened condensed milk

Sweetened condensed milk is often more accessible and cheaper.

Place 1.5 cups of flour on a clean surface.

Wash hands for proper hygiene.

Add 0.5 cup of cornstarch to the flour.

Measure 8 tablespoons of icing sugar and integrate all dry ingredients using a whisk until no lumps remain.

Add 1 cup of margarine minus 2 tablespoons to the dry mixture and mix using fingertips until it resembles play-doh.

Cover the dough with paper and set aside.

Boil 3 cans of condensed milk in water; if using an express pot, boil for 45 minutes, or 3 hours in a regular pot.

Flour a piece of parchment paper and place the dough on it.

Cut the dough in half; each half will yield 12 to 15 alfajores.

Flour the rolling pin and roll the dough to about 6.6 millimeters thick.

Cut out shapes from the dough using cookie cutters, being careful to lift the unwanted dough without disturbing the shapes.

Place the cut shapes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake in the oven at 350°F for approximately 17 minutes, checking for doneness.

Let the cookies cool completely after baking.

Allow the dulce de leche to cool for about 3 hours before using.

Spread dulce de leche between two cookies to form a sandwich.

Roll the edges of the alfajores in coconut flakes and dust with icing sugar for decoration.

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