ALFAJORES: DULCE DE LECHE SANDWICH COOKIES
Recipe for making homemade alfajores or dulce de leche sandwich cookies. These Latin American cookies are made with all purpose flour, cornstarch, butter, baking powder, egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest, milk, and vanilla. They are filled with caramel and decorated with coconut or icing sugar.
Provided by Layla Pujol
Categories Cookies Dessert Sweets
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Sift the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, and baking powder. Stir all the ingredients very well and add the lemon zest.
- Use an electric hand mixer to mix the butter with the powdered sugar (previously sifted) until you get a creamy mixture.
- Add the milk and egg yolks, continue mixing until all the ingredients are well combined.
- Add the flour mixture in batches and mix well in between adding each batch of flour. The final dough should be smooth and not sticky. If it's still sticky you can add an additional handful of flour.
- Divide the dough into two equal parts and make two balls of dough. Then gently squash each ball into a thick disk shape. Cover them with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375F (200 ° C).
- Remove the dough from the fridge and place it on a lightly floured surface. Use a rolling pin to flatten and extend the dough until you have a thin layer. The maximum thickness of the layer should be about five millimeters (less than ¼ inch).
- Use a round cookie cutter mold to cut as many circles as you can. I used a 2 in (5 cm) round mold. You can make them smaller or larger, just adjust the baking time accordingly.
- Put the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leave at least two centimeters or ¾ inch of space between each cookie to keep them from sticking together.
- Bake the cookies for about 12-15 minutes or until they are lightly golden. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool down completely.
- Take a cooled down cookie and place a teaspoon of dulce de leche on its inner surface (the part that was stuck to the baking sheet), spread it well to the edges of the cookie and then gently stick another cookie (baking side on the caramel) on top to form a cookie sandwich.
- Place the grated dry coconut on a flat plate and roll each stuffed cookie in the coconut mix until it sticks to the dulce de leche filling, giving it the characteristic look of the alfajor cookie. You can also dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
- You can keep the alfajores or dulce de leche cookies refrigerated for a week.
ALFAJORES (DULCE DE LECHE SANDWICH COOKIES)
Given to me by a chef who sweet-talked the recipe out of a street vendor in Peru. These alfajores are to die for.
Provided by vegchef
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American South American Peruvian
Time 1h27m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix flour, confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a bowl. Place butter in a separate bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until soft and fluffy. Add white sugar and vanilla and mix well.
- Add flour mixture to the bowl with the butter mixture in 3 stages; mix until just blended. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log. Refrigerate dough logs until firm, about 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Slice dough logs into 1/4-inch cookies and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until just starting to turn golden around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool on the pan for 1 minute. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes more.
- Use a knife to apply a generous amount of dulce de leche on one cookie. Sandwich another cookie on top and place on a serving tray. Repeat with remaining cookies and dulce de leche. Lightly dust finished cookies with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 174.6 calories, Carbohydrate 23.2 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Fat 8.4 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 105.8 mg, Sugar 12 g
DULCE DE LECHE (CARAMEL) SANDWICH COOKIES
I have found a new love, it is in a 13.4 ounce can..and it is called "Dulce de Leche", (basically a soft caramel in a can). It is sent from heaven...these cookies will melt in your mouth and you won't leave them alone for long. Batter has Dulce de Leche in it and then you sandwich the cookies by filling them with this decadent...
Provided by Carole F
Categories Cookies
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees....I used dark colored cookie sheets so I turned my oven to 345 degrees. Line with parchment paper..(I did not do this, I used cooking spray and it worked beautifully). Also, picture to the left is the Can of Dulce de Leche...for those that have never seen it and can look for it in the store.
- 2. In a small bowl mix together with whisk...the flour, baking soda, and salt. Blend well.
- 3. In another bowl beat with a mixer the butter on medium-high until soft and smooth. Mix in the 6 tablespoons of dulce de leche, and both the brown and white sugars. Beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes ( I timed it and it works beautifully at that time frame). Beat in the egg, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. (the mixture may look curdled, don't worry.)...mine did not do that, it was smooth. With the mixer on low speed, mix in the dry ingredients just until blended nicely.
- 4. Spoon the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, using a heaping 1/2 tablespoon...(my set has a half Tablespoon in it, so I used that, the recipe actually called for a full teaspoon, but it didn't seem to be enough for me, I wanted a three bite cookie not a one bite cookie..) Place cookie dough on baking sheet about 2" apart. Bake and watch them carefully...it said 10-12 minutes, but mine were done about 8-9 minutes into the baking..so watch them closely. It could be because I used dark cookie sheets..but I did lower the temp. The cookies should look honey brown with a light crust, but will still be soft...they will set up more as they cool. Remove from oven and let cookies rest on cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove from cookie sheet and cool completely. These are delicate until they cool..so be careful when removing them from the baking sheet.
- 5. Once cookies have cooled.. pair them in size. Spread the caramel on the flat side up...see my picture..(I dolloped a mound onto the one side of the cookie and then topped it with the second cookie and pressed gently to have the dulce de leche spread out between the cookies)...this worked well rather than spreading with a knife..cookie wanted to crack when I would try to use the knife. Repeat with remaining cookies.....and then dig in!
- 6. TIP/Suggestion...(picture to the left are the cookies filled with nutella)I ran out of the Dulce de Leche..the orginal recipe calls for 1 can..I did not have enough for the last few cookies that were left, so I had Nutella spread and filled them with it instead of the dulce de leche, and let me tell ya...they were delicious too... I added the second can in the ingredients above...you will probably have some left over..I like my cookies thick with the filling, but you judge for yourself. Any leftover caramel..the cook has to get a spoon and finish it herself...ahhh, some times it tough being the cook...(smiling as I lick my spoon as I am typing this...YUM)
GLUTEN-FREE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH DULCE DE LECHE (ALFAJORES)
These gluten-free sandwich cookie treats are very popular in Latin cultures, simply made with cornstarch and filled with dulce de leche.
Provided by Fioa
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American South American Argentinian
Time 1h2m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Whisk in egg yolks, one at a time, until well combined. Add lemon zest and vanilla extract with the last egg. Fold into flour mixture with a spoon, mixing until dough holds together and turns into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Roll out dough to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut cookies with a small round cookie cutter and place on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until set but not browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove immediately to cool on a wire rack.
- Spread underside of a cookie with 1 teaspoon dulce de leche. Sandwich together with another cookie until filling comes out on the sides. Roll sides in the shredded coconut.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.6 calories, Carbohydrate 31.3 g, Cholesterol 47.6 mg, Fat 10.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 97.5 mg, Sugar 12.6 g
DULCE DE LECHE SANDWICH COOKIES
If you want to be adventurous you can make your own dulce de leche," says Lasheeda.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 2h
Yield 15 to 18 sandwich cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, granulated sugar and orange zest in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and beat until smooth. Combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl, then add to the butter mixture and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then mix for an additional 20 seconds. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until it's 1/4 inch thick. Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter, punch out as many circles as you can. Arrange the circles on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Gather the scraps, reroll and cut out more circles. If the dough starts to get soft, return to the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 325˚ F. Using a 3-inch cookie stamp, mark each cookie. Refrigerate at least 15 minutes.
- Bake the cookies until lightly golden around the edges, about 10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
- Spoon the dulce de leche into a pastry bag and snip a corner. Pipe the dulce de leche on half of the cookies, making sure to pipe the filling on the side without the stamp. Top each with another cookie, stamp-side up.
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