Alfajores are tender sandwich cookie filled amongst a layer of dulce de leche as well as commonly rolled inwards kokosnoot. They are a pop cookie constitute inwards many Latin American countries and when packaged you lot can oft find them dipped inwards chocolate. They accept long been one of my families favorite cookies!
My Favorite Alfajores Recipe
I kickoff discovered these gourmet cookies cheers to my Husband. He lived inwards Argentine Republic for a few years in addition to they were ane of his favorite treats in that location then of form I had to learn how to brand them.
I can’t understand why these delicious dulce de leche filled, shortbread-similar cookies aren’t super popular hither in the United States. These cookies melt inward your oral fissure!
Surprisingly enough I similar these cookies best the moment solar day. Just later adding the dulce de leche to cookies are yet overnice and crisp just afterwards resting the wet of the dulce de leche soaks into the cookies as well as makes them deliciously tender. Which would you prefer crisp or soft together with tender?
How do You Pronounce Alfajores?
Some people cite to them every bit Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies merely shouldn’t nosotros turn over them their proper name? Besides it’sec and then much more fun to enjoin, alpha-HORE-ays vs. the other long cite given.
Photography credit: Jenn Davis of Two Cups Flour.
What Ingredients are Needed for Alfajores?
- Cornstarch – this makes the cookies have a melt-inwards-your mouth delicate texture.
- All-role flour – this builds upward the construction of the cookies. Use the spoon in addition to level method to measure out in this recipe.
- Baking pulverisation – standard to cookies, we add this to pass on them a piffling elevator.
- Salt – don’t skip this equally it keeps the cookies from tasting bland.
- Butter – entirely use real butter. No margarine, shortening, coconut fossil oil etc.
- Granulated carbohydrate – nosotros don’t role a lot of carbohydrate inward cookie dough since the dulce de leche added is already and then sugariness.
- Egg yolks – these aid bind the dough together.
- Vanilla – what would cookies be without it?
- Dulce de leche – wondering what this factor is? It’s basically Latin caramel though it has a thicker texture than traditional caramel and a slightly deeper more than milky season.
- southwardhredded kokosnoot – I similar to use fine shredded kokosnoot though the touchstone volition function (but non flakes). You tin blitz it in a nutrient processor chop-chop to cutting into smaller pieces.
How to Make Homemade Dulce de Leche?
I unremarkably only purchase canned dulce de leche (it really tastes perfectly delicious) simply if y'all have a difficult time finding it you lot tin can arrive alongside simply i component! See the recipe HERE.
How make You Make Alfajores?
- Whisk dry out ingredients.
- Cream butter in addition to saccharide.
- Mix inward egg yolks as well as extract.
- Blend in dry ingredients.
- Chill dough xxx – hr.
- Roll dough out too cut into rounds. Bake until set inwards preheated oven.
- Let cool and then spread alongside dulce de leche too sandwich alongside a instant cookie.
- Roll cookies edges inward kokosnoot.
How to Store Alfajores Dulce de Leche Cookies:
I like to store these in the fridge for longer shelf life, they should go on well in there for virtually 6 days. You tin can consume them cold or bring to room temperature before serving.
Variations:
- Sometimes I like to add a footling kokosnoot extract to the cookie batter for extra coconut flavor (add together with vanilla).
- They’re besides delicious amongst a fiddling lemon zest added to the batter (add together with sugar).
- It’second fun to spread dulce de leche about the edges of the cookies in addition to ringlet inward other various toppings. Try things like sprinkles, nuts, shaved chocolate or toasted kokosnoot.
More Delicious Cookie Recipes to Try!
- Butter Cookies
- Mexican Wedding Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Alfajores
Ingredients
- 1 i/viii cups (162g) cornstarch*
- i loving cup (128g) all-use flour*
- ane tsp baking pulverization
- one/4 tsp salt
- 10 Tbsp (141g) butter , softened
- 2/3 loving cup (134g) granulated carbohydrate
- 3 large egg yolks
- ane i/two tsp vanilla extract
- i cup Dulce de Leche, canned or homemade
- Finely shredded coconut (optional)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt, set up aside.
- In the bowl of an electrical stand mixer fitted alongside the paddle attachment, blend together butter too saccharide on medium speed until creamy, almost thirty seconds.
- Blend inward egg yolks i at a time. Mix in vanilla extract. With mixer assail low speed, slow add in dry out ingredients together with mix until combined too dough starts to come up together**.
- Shape dough into a ball, cover ball alongside plastic wind and refrigerate 30 minutes to one hr until dough is easy enough to work amongst.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll one-half the dough out onto a lightly floured surface to near 3/xvi-inch thickness.
- Using a 2-inch circular cookie cutter, cut dough into circles so using a sparse metallic spatula or tall knife (such every bit a Santoku knife), slide along the bottom of the cutout cookie as well as transfer cookie canvass lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 - eleven minutes. Allow cookies to cool five minutes on cookie canvass and so transfer to a wire rack.
- Cool cookies completely so spread a layer of Dulce de Leche over the bottom side of 1 cookie, and so sandwich to the bottom side of another cookie.
- Roll inwards fine coconut if desired. Store cookies inwards an airtight container (I like to store them inwards the refrigerator).
Notes
*Spoon and level flour to mensurate as well as spoon together with level or pour together with grade cornstarch to measure out. For nigh accurate results but measure in grams.
**Dough will appear dry together with crumbly at starting time but proceed mixing together with it should come together well. If not yous tin mix in a teaspoon or ii of milk to bind.
Recipe originally published December xx, 2012. Photos too text updated December viii, 2019.