ALFAJORES

Name: ALFAJORES
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 17
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams butter, room temperature; 237 milliliters cornstarch; 237 milliliters arequipe or dulce de leche; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 651 milliliters powdered sugar, divided; 118 milliliters sweetened flaked coconut; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give ALFAJORES a try. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 388 calories. This recipe serves 17. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, coconut, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°FIn a large bowl mix the butter and 1 cup of powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Butter

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Bowl

Oven

Add the flour, corn starch and vanilla extract then mix with your hands into well combined.Knead together to form a soft dough. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.Turn the dough out onto a floured counter and knead for about 2 minutes.

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Vanilla Extract

Corn Starch

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll out to about ¼ inch-thick and cut out the cookies with a round cookie cutter.

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Roll

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Cookie Cutter

Place them on a floured cookie sheet and bake for about 10 – 12 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack for 10 minutes. In a small plate, place the flaked coconut and set aside.

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Coconut Flakes

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Oven

Spread arequipe or dulce de leche on each cookie then put together two cookies, making a sandwich with the arequipe in the middle of the two cookies. When you put the cookies together you’ll want some arequipe to come out of the sides. Take the plate with coconut and cover the edges of each alfajor cookie with it, rolling the cookie edge in the flaked coconut.

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Dulce De Leche