Vanilla alfajores

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UruguayanDessert

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Ingredients

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Dulce de leche — 150 g

Coconut Flakes — 50 g

Butter — 100 g

Sugar — 100 g

Egg — 1

Egg Yolks — 1

Cornstarch — 200 g

All purpose flour — 100 g

Baking Powder — 1 tsp

Vanilla Extract — 1 tsp

Dulce de leche — 150 g

Coconut Flakes — 50 g

Method

For the sandwich cookie cream the soft butter for about a minute, then add the sugar and cream for another two minutes. Incorporate the egg fully before mixing in the egg yolk. Once everything is nicely combined, add all remaining ingredients and mix one more time. Form dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least half an hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Unknown · Jun 21, 2026 · current

Bake for about 8-10min, the cookies will look very pale. Let cool off before filling half with each a teaspoon of dulce de leche. 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). Enjoy.