Alfajores

Name: Alfajores
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Argentina
Ingredients: 300g cornflour; 100g plain flour; 150g butter, softened; 100g icing sugar; 2 egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 tsp baking powder; dulce de leche to fill; desiccated coconut or chocolate to coat

Argentina

Argentina's most gifted food. Every Argentine child receives alfajores in their school lunchbox.

Argentine sandwich cookies — two crumbly cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche and rolled in desiccated coconut or coated in chocolate.

Prep

30 mins

Cook

12 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

415 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

300gcornflour

100gplain flour

150gbutter, softened

100gicing sugar

2egg yolks

1 tspvanilla

1 tspbaking powder

dulce de lecheto fill

desiccated coconut or chocolateto coat

Method

Beat butter and sugar. Add yolks and vanilla. Mix in flours and baking powder.

Roll to 5mm. Cut rounds. Bake at 170°C for 10-12 minutes until pale gold.

Sandwich pairs with dulce de leche. Roll edges in coconut.

Chef's Tip

The biscuits should be very pale — they continue to set as they cool, and golden biscuits become hard.

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