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Recipes - Alfajores Recipe

Recipe Name

Alfajores

Submitted by

taylorg

Recipe Description

Sandwich cookies with Dulce De Leche

Quantity	3	Quantity Unit	pans	Servings
Prep Time (minutes)	20	Cook Time (minutes)	10	Ready In (minutes)	30

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Ingredients
Amt.	Measure	Ingredient



1	cup	Cornstarch
1	cup	all-purpose flour
1	teaspoon	baking powder
12	tablespoons	unsalted butter, cold
2	cups	sugar
2	tablespoons	egg yolks
4	cups	fat free half and half/ person
1	tablespoon	vanilla extract
1/4	teaspoon	baking soda

Steps

Sequence	Step

1	Sift the cornstarch, flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. In a mixer bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, beating until they are incorporated.
2	Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, allowing each batch to become incorporated before adding the next.
3	Form the dough into a disk without handling it too much. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
4	Preheat oven to 350̊F. Remove the dough to a lightly floured work surface an roll out to about 1/8-inch thick. Cut out 40 2-inch rounds, and carefully place the rounds on two lightly greased cookie sheets.
5	Bake for 9 to 10 minutes, but not so long that they begin to brown. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
6	Spread about 2 teaspoons of dulce de leche on the flat half of a cookie and cover it with the flat half of another cookie to form a sandwich, Repeat with the remaining cookies.

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