Alfajores bon-o-bon (Argentine peanut butter filled alfajores covered in white chocolate)

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor while margarine reduces cost.

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: caramel sauce

💰Cheaper: sweetened condensed milk

Caramel sauce provides a similar sweetness while condensed milk is more economical.

Whisk 125 grams of soft butter with 115 grams of caster sugar until creamy.

Add 2 eggs and continue to whisk.

Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon of baking powder, along with a pinch of salt.

Sift in 300 grams of plain flour and 25 grams of corn flour, then mix with a spatula until a uniform dough forms.

Cover the dough in cling film and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or freeze for about 20 minutes.

Melt 100 grams of white chocolate discs in the microwave for about 1 minute.

Mix the melted white chocolate with 60 grams of smooth peanut butter until well combined.

Cover the peanut butter and white chocolate mixture with cling film and refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes until a paste forms.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Roll out the chilled dough and cut it with a 7 cm diameter cookie cutter, placing the cookies on parchment paper.

Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes until slightly golden.

Once cooled, fill the cookies with the peanut butter and white chocolate mixture, placing another cookie on top and pressing gently.

Use additional filling to cover the sides if desired.

Spoon melted white chocolate over the filled cookies, ensuring all sides are covered.

Let the cookies cool and optionally drizzle with dark chocolate before serving.

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