alfajores

Alfajores Recipe

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Prep Time:
25 min

Cook Time:
10 Min

Servings:
20 Servings

Difficulty:
Easy

Prep Time:
25 min

Cook Time:
10 Min

Servings:
20 Servings

Difficulty:
Easy

INGREDIENTS

  • 1-1/2 C. all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 C. Clabber Girl® Corn Starch
  • 3/4 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
  • 1/2 C. sugar
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 1/4 C. water
  • 1/2 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
  • 1-1/4 C. dulce de leche
  • Powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS

  1. STIR together flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl until blended.
  2. BEAT shortening and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Blend in egg yolks. Add water, lemon peel and vanilla, beating until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, scraping sides of bowl after each addition. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
  3. HEAT oven to 325ºF. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray. Roll out half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into 2-inch rounds. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 9 minutes or until edges just begin to turn light brown. Cool 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
  4. TURN half the cookies flat-side up. Spread about one Tbsp. dulce de leche on flat sides of cookies. Top with remaining cookies, flat-side down, to form sandwich cookies. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

Nutrition

Serving size
(1 sandwich cookie of )

  • Calories 20
  • Calories from Fat60g
  • Total Fat 7g
  • Saturated Fat 2g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 0g
  • Cholesterol 40mg
  • Sodium 75mg
  • Potassium 0mg
  • Total Carbohydrates 28g
  • Dietary Fiber 0g
  • Sugars 15g
  • Protein 3g
  • Vitamin A 0%
  • Vitamin C 0%
  • Vitamin D 0%
  • Calcium 0%
  • Thiamin 0%
  • Niacin 0%
  • Zinc 0%
  • Riboflavin 0%
  • Iron 0%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet