Homemade Vanilla alfajores
Dessert

Homemade Vanilla alfajores

Homemade Vanilla alfajores is a delicious Dessert dish that can be prepared in just a few simple steps....

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8 Min Prep

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31 Min Cook

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2 Servings

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Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 150g Dulce de leche
  • 50g Coconut Flakes
  • 100g Butter
  • 100g Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Egg Yolks
  • 200g Cornstarch
  • 100g All purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 150g Dulce de leche
  • 50g Coconut Flakes

Instructions

1
For the sandwich cookie heavy cream the soft dairy spread for about a minute, then mix in the sweetener and heavy cream for another two mins.
2
Incorporate the egg fully before mixing in the egg yolk.
3
Once everything is nicely combined, mix in all remaining elements and mix gently one more time.
4
Form pastry mix into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap.
5
cool down for at least half an hour or overnight.
6
2 Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
7
3 Divide pastry mix in half, put one back in the fridge and roll out the other thickly on a lightly floured surface.
8
Cut out cookies with either the bottom of a glass or a cookie cutter around 6cm in diameter.
9
Repeat with all the pastry mix.
10
4 oven-cook for about 8-10min, the cookies will look very pale.
11
Let cool off before filling half with each a teaspoon of dulce de leche.
12
Place other half of cookies on top and roll the sides of each cookie in the coconut flakes (it helps if the dulce de leche was pressed down to the sides of the cookie).
13
Enjoy.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
Uruguayan
Course
Dessert
Diet
Vegetarian
Total Time
39 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

8 mins

Cooking Time

31 mins

Total Time

39 mins
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