Vanilla alfajores — a Uruguay dish
Uruguay

Vanilla alfajores

For the sandwich cookie cream the soft butter for about a minute, then add the sugar and cream for another two minutes. Incorporate the egg fully before mixing in the egg yolk. Once everything is…

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Prep
14 min
Cook
33 min
Total
47 min
Servings
4
Difficulty
Medium

Timings are approximate — worked out from the method, not measured in a test kitchen.

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Ingredients

150 g Dulce de leche
50 g Coconut Flakes
100 g Butter
100 g Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg Yolks
200 g Cornstarch
100 g All purpose flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
150 g Dulce de leche
50 g Coconut Flakes

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Cooking instructions

1

For the sandwich cookie cream the

For the sandwich cookie cream the soft butter for about a minute, then add the sugar and cream for another two minutes. Incorporate the egg fully before mixing in the egg yolk. Once everything is nicely combined, add all remaining ingredients and mix one more time. Form dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least half an hour or overnight.

2

2 Preheat oven to 180 degrees

2
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

3

3 Divide dough in half, put

3
Divide dough in half, put one back in the fridge and roll out the other thickly on a lightly floured surface. Cut out cookies with either the bottom of a glass or a cookie cutter around 6cm in diameter. Repeat with all the dough.

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4 Bake for about 8-10min, the

4
Bake for about 8-10min, the cookies will look very pale. Let cool off before filling half with each a teaspoon of dulce de leche. Place other half of cookies on top and roll the sides of each cookie in the coconut flakes (it helps if the dulce de leche was pressed down to the sides of the cookie). Enjoy.

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Use the servings stepper above the ingredients and every quantity adjusts. Cooking times stay roughly the same.

Storage

Cool completely, then keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.

Reheating

Reheat gently with a splash of water in a covered pan, rather than blasting it, so nothing dries out.

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