Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Crème Cookies)

Name: Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Crème Cookies)
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 237 milliliters coconut; 380 grams can dulce de leche (caramelized sweetened condensed milk); 1 egg; 118 milliliters pecan halves, toasted, finely chopped; 2 Tbsps powdered sugar; 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Crème Cookies) requires around 1 hour and 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This gluten free and fodmap friendly recipe has 54 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up powdered sugar, coconut, dulce de leche, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

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In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup of the coconut, the pecans, butter and egg until stiff dough forms.

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On floured surface, roll half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness.

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Roll

Cut with 2-inch round or fluted cookie cutter.

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Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining half of dough.

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Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.

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To make each sandwich cookie, spread about 2 teaspoons dulce de leche on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together so some of filling seeps out around edges.

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