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Delicious Alfajores Recipe

June 11, 2016 by Tiffany 7 Comments

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Alfajores Recipe – they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

Delicious Alfajores Recipe

Although these cookies are hard to pronounce, they are super easy to make and delicious. This Alfajores Recipe whips up in minutes and they bake up in no time. The secret to retaining their shape is to refrigerate the cookie dough for a couple of hours before cutting and baking.

Since the alfajores use a combination of flour and cornstarch in their dough, the cookie has a much more delicate texture which makes them crumbly and buttery.

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

I didn’t make them super sweet to avoid dulce de leche filling from overpowering the whole dessert. Every bite you’ll take of this crumbly cookies, you’ll taste perfection. The smooth dulce de leche, the toasty delicate cookie. Basically, it melts in your mouth.

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

A lot of people roll the sides of the alfajores in sweetened coconut and others dip the whole cookie in melted chocolate. You can also omit the dulce de leche and just fill them with jam, jelly or chocolate ganache.

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

I love to dip mine in Coffee

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

Usually, I have a cheese arepa for breakfast, this time, I decided to break my routine and make this wonderful Alfajores Recipe in the morning. Dipping them in a little cafecito con leche can become my new morning reward.

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

 

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

This Alfajores Recipe originated in Andalucia, Spain in the 16th century. Years later the cookies evolved and became very popular in Latin America, especially Argentina and Peru. I’ve been eating them since I was little and they still are one of my favorite treats.

Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!

I hope you can try this delicious Alfajores Recipe at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

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Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!
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Delicious Alfajores Recipe
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
7 mins
Total Time
17 mins
 
Alfajores Recipe - they are delicate shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche. These cookies use cornstarch as a main ingredient. Great with coffee!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Peruvian
Keyword: alfajores, dulce de leche, sandwich cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 95 kcal
Author: Tiffany Bendayan
Ingredients
For Cookies
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sugar
Filling
  • 1 can dulce de leche
Topping
  • Powdered sugar optional
Instructions
For Cookies
  1. In a bowl mix the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt
  2. In the bowl of a mixer, add the butter and sugar. Mix using a paddle attachment of high speed until creamy and fluffy. 3-4 minutes
  3. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula
  4. Add the vanilla and egg. Mix
  5. Lower the mixer speed and slowly add the flour mixture.
  6. Remove cookie dough from mixer and divide in 2
  7. Shape into flat disks and cover with plastic wrap
  8. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight
  9. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  10. Remove one cookie disk from the fridge
  11. Roll on a floured surface until the dough has 1/4" inch thickness
  12. Using a round cookie cutter about 1 3/4" inches or your desired size cut out circles
  13. Place cookies on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper
  14. Repeat with remaining disk of dough
  15. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until browned on the edges
  16. Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack
  17. Pour dulce de leche on a zip top bag. Snip a small hole in the corner of the bag
  18. Turn half of the cookies over
  19. Pipe dulce de leche mounds in the middle of each cookie
  20. Place a cookie on top and press gently to distribute the dulce de leche all over the cookie surface
  21. Dust with powdered sugar
  22. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

If cookies become too soft during the rolling process, place them back in the fridge for 30-40 minutes and then roll them again.

Nutrition Facts
Delicious Alfajores Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 alfajor)
Calories 95 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 19mg6%
Sodium 3mg0%
Potassium 15mg0%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Sugar 4g4%
Vitamin A 155IU3%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.2mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.


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  1. Andi says

    December 20, 2018 at 11:26 pm

    Hi! I want to make these cookies as a Xmas gift but I have a question. Does the dough allow you to roll it out or do you have to shape the flat disk by hand?

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      December 22, 2018 at 9:10 am

      Yes Andi! they are made to be roll out and cut with a round cookie cutter

      Reply
  2. Carol says

    July 30, 2019 at 1:39 am

    I really want to make these but the recipe isn’t showing. Help please.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      July 30, 2019 at 8:56 pm

      I apologize, I am fixing the glitch asap

      Reply
    • Tiffany says

      July 31, 2019 at 8:25 am

      Hi, the problem has been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience. You should be able to the recipe now.

      Reply
  3. Annette Herrera says

    November 9, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    My husband is from la Victoria, Lima Peru. And this is one of our kids favorite. Where my mother in law has always made these for us. She is now getting older and having trouble with her wrist. I wonder if you have ever made the Kong? Thanks for the recipe, I’m going to try it

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      November 12, 2019 at 2:58 pm

      Let me know how it comes out!

      Reply

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