Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies (Alfajores)
Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies or Alfajores are soft, tender cookies filled with deliciously sweet dulce de leche. These melt-in-your-mouth sandwich cookies can be served as is, sprinkled with powdered sugar or rolled in coconut. However you enjoy them, they are sure to be a hit!
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 1/4 cup dulce de leche store-bought or homemade (you can make homemade using a can of sweetened condensed milk following recipes such as this one from Eagle Brand®).
Optional toppings:
- powdered sugar aka icing sugar or confectioners sugar
- shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, corn starch, baking powder and salt. Mix and set it aside.
- In the bowl if a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy using the paddle attachment. Add the egg yolks, vanilla extract, and lemon zest and mix until well blended.
- With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture and mix until it is thoroughly blended.
- Transfer the dough to your work surface and divide it into 4 equal portions. Form each one into a a disk shape and cover with food wrap. Place in the fridge to cool for 5 minutes.
- Roll each disk to desired thickness. I use 2 wooden skewers as a guide and roll the dough between the skewers with a rolling pin to ensure they are all the same height.
- Use your cookie cutter to cut out your cookies and carefully transfer to the baking sheets. Bake in the oven for approximately 10-12 minutes or until the middle of the cookies no longer looks 'wet' and the bottom is beginning to brown slightly.
- Cool cookies on a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, spoon or pipe a dollop of dulce de leche on one cookie and place another on top, pressing down gently. If desired, roll the cookies in shredded coconut and dust with powdered sugar.
Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.
Nutrition
Calories: 204kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 258IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.
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