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Alfajores

Alfajores

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes

Servings

24 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 cups cornflour
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tablespoon rum extract or whiskey
  • Peel of 1 lemon grated
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 jar dulce de leche dairy caramel spread
  • Coconut flakes optional

Instructions

  • Beat butter with sugar (best to do this by hand). Add yolks, rum extract, vanilla, and greated lemon until well combined. With your hand, gently add in the flour and cornflour. 
  • With a wet hand, separate shotglass-width sized balls of dough. Flatten each with your hand, then place on the cookie sheet. Bake for maximum 7 minutes at 350°F.
  • Remove and let cool. 
  • Create sandwiches by filling 2 cookies with dulce de leche from a pastry bag.
  • Optional: Roll each cookie in coconut flakes.