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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!

Delicious Alfajores Recipe

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
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
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.