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Alfajores

Melt in your mouth sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g butter
  • 75 g powdered sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon white rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 90 g flour
  • 160 g cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 can dulce de leche filling

Instructions
 

  • In a medium bowl sift together flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Whisk to combine.
  • In a separate bowl, cream together softened butter with powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Butter should almost look white coloured.
  • Add egg yolks one at a time to the butter mixture. Mix well after each addition.
  • Add the rum and vanilla extract.
  • Fold in the flour mixuture into the butter mixture. Mix until just combined. It should come together as a dough.
  • On a lightly floured surface, knead dough just until all the flour mixture is combined and dough is smooth.
  • Wrap dough in cling film and refridgerate for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  • Roll out dough on a lightly floured sheet to 2-3mm thick. Cut with a cookie cutter of your choice and place onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until they begin to brown on the bottom.
  • Let cool and fill with dulce the leche, then sandwich two cookies together. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to serve!