Alfajores Argentinean Style

Name: Alfajores Argentinean Style
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 591 milliliters cornstarch; 326 grams dulce de leche; 3 egg yolks; 1 teaspoons lemon extract; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 1 teaspoon vanilla rum; 394 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 118 milliliters unsweetened shredded coconut; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 177 milliliters white sugar

Alfajores Argentinean Style might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 130 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe serves 36. If you have unbleached flour, baking soda, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and baking powder; set aside.

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Corn Starch

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the egg yolks one at a time, allowing each yolk to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla rum, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon zest with the last egg. Gently fold in the flour mixture with a spoon, making a crumbly dough. When the dough becomes cohesive enough, press it together into a ball with your hands. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

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Vanilla Extract

Lemon Extract

Lemon Zest

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

Egg

Rum

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Plastic Wrap

Roll out the dough, using as little flour as possible, about 1/4 inch thick. The dough will have an unusual consistency.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Cut with a small round cookie cutter. Continue pressing the dough together, rolling it out, and cutting until you have used it all.

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Dough

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Cookie Cutter

Place cookies 1/2 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake in the preheated oven until set but not browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove the cookies immediately to cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Spread the underside of a cooled cookie with a teaspoon of dulce de leche, then sandwich together with another cookie until the caramel oozes out the sides.

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Dulce De Leche