Name: Alfajores Cookie Recipe – Alfajores de Maicena
Prep time: 120 min
Ingredients: 2 sticks (230g butter – soft); 1¼ 150g powdered sugar; 1 3/4 cups 245g all-purpose flour; 2 cups 240g cornstarch; 2 tsp baking powder; 5 egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 10.6 oz 300g dolce de leche; 1/4 cup desiccated coconut (optional)

Alfajores Cookie Recipe – Alfajores de Maicena

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Classic Alfajores cookie – Argentinean Style sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche and rolled in shredded coconut. These cookies are so soft, that they will melt in your mouth!

Two alfajores, sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut, are stacked on a white plate. In the background, a plate with more alfajores is visible on a wooden table.

Alfajores Cookie Recipe – Alfajores de Maicena

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Prep Time 2

WORK TIME 30

DIFFICULTY Easy

Cuisine World

Servings yields

Ingredients

2 sticks 230g butter – soft
1¼ 150g powdered sugar
1 ¾ cups 245g all-purpose flour
2 cups 240g cornstarch
2 tsp baking powder
5 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
10.6 oz 300g dolce de leche
¼ cup desiccated coconut optional

Instructions

DIRECTIONS
1. Place flour, cornstarch and baking powder in a bowl. Whisk and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl beat butter and powdered sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at the time, add vanilla extract, beat until incorporated. gradually add the flour mixture and beat until smooth dough is formed. shape the dough into a smooth disk, Wrap it and Place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour.
3. Line two baking trays with baking parchment, set aside.
4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch (1/2cm) thickness. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch (5cm) round or fluted cutter. Reroll leftover dough and cut more biscuits.
5. Place the cookies on the baking sheets and Put back in the fridge for 30 min.
6. Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
7. Bake 1 sheet at a time for 8-9 min, the cookies should stay pale on top. cool completely.
8. With a pastry bag or a spoon spread dolce de leche over one cookie, gently close and make sandwich. For decoration roll the cookies in desiccated coconut or dust with powdered sugar.