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Alfajores (Latin American Sandwich Cookies)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Lunch, Dessert, Baked

Tags: argentine, baking, medium difficulty, recipes for cookies, recipes for dessert, recipes using baking powder, recipes using butter, recipes using cornstarch, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using lemon zest, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AAlfajores_%28Latin_American_Sandwich_Cookies%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AAlfajores%20%28Latin%20American%20Sandwich%20Cookies%29&oldid=4516670

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (120 ml) butter
  • 1 cup (240 ml) white granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp lemon rind, grated
  • 1½ cup (360 ml) cornstarch
  • ½ cup (120 ml) flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Dulce de leche

Directions

  1. Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy.
  2. Add egg and egg yolks one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind.
  3. Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to batter and mix well.
  4. Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well-buttered baking sheet.
  5. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Remove immediately and cool.
  6. Sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche.