Alfajores (Argentine Dulce de Leche Cookies)
Alfajores are Argentina's beloved dulce de leche cookies: two tender shortbread discs, a caramel heart, a coconut edge. Get the recipe.
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Servings: 20 sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cans dulce de leche
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and powdered sugar until light and smooth.1 ½ cups unsalted butter, 1 cup powdered sugar
- Add in the vanilla extract and salt and mix them through.1 tsp vanilla extract, ¼ tsp salt
- Sift over the flour (1 cup at a time), mixing well between each addition.3 cups all-purpose flour
- Divide the dough in half and roll each half to 1/4-inch thick with parchment paper.
- Chill overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- Bake cookies in a preheated oven to 350, on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or a Silpat mat.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown. Cool the cookies on a wire rack after gently lifting them off the baking tray.
- Cool completely, then fill a piping bag with dulce de leche and pipe the filling onto one cookie, layering a second cookie on top.2 cans dulce de leche
- Roll the sides of the dulce de leche sandwich cookies in coconut to finish them.2 tbsp desiccated coconut