How to Bake Traditional Alfajores Cookies with Dulce de Leche
Bake traditional alfajores cookies featuring a generous dulce de leche filling and coconut coating. Discover this simple, comforting recipe filled with warmth.
Master the art of baking traditional alfajores cookies with a touching story of remembrance. These delicate, melt-in-your-mouth confections are generously filled with dulce de leche and rolled in shredded coconut, offering the ultimate sweet bite.
Ingredients include 200g of softened butter, 150g of powdered sugar, 4 egg yolks, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, 200g of flour, 200g of cornstarch, and 10g of baking powder.
To prepare, cream the butter and powdered sugar, add the yolks and vanilla, then gently fold in the dry ingredients. Roll out the dough between parchment paper, chill, cut into rounds, and bake at 170°C for about 10 minutes until pale and set. Sandwich with dulce de leche and coat the edges with coconut.
