Alfajores Recipe - Dulce de Leche / Caramel Sandwich Cookies

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option with a similar texture.

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: caramel sauce

Honey offers a natural sweetness, while caramel sauce is more accessible.

Make dulce de leche by simmering the unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in water for 3 ½ hours.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

In a bowl, mix all-purpose flour, cornstarch, and baking powder.

In another bowl, cream together unsalted butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add egg yolks, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the butter mixture, mixing until combined.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, stirring until a dough forms.

Refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours before rolling out.

Roll out the dough very thin, about 1/8 inch thickness.

Cut out circles using a cookie cutter and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 12-18 minutes, checking at 12 minutes for brown edges.

Let the cookies cool completely on a wire rack.

Spread dulce de leche on one cookie and sandwich with another cookie.

Roll the edges in shredded coconut or dust with confectioners sugar if desired.

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