🇦🇷 Argentina recipe
Alfajores
Alfajores are Argentina's most iconic confection, delicate cornstarch-based shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a thick layer of dulce de leche and rolled in desiccated coconut. The cookies themselves are tender and crumbly, almost dissolving on the tongue, providing a perfect textural contrast to the sticky, caramel-sweet dulce de leche filling. No Argentine merienda (afternoon tea) is complete without them.
Prep30 mins + 1 hr chill
Cook12 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 200g cornstarch (maicena)
- 100g all-purpose flour
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 80g powdered sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 350g dulce de leche (repostero/thick style)
- 150g desiccated coconut for rolling
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 200
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 27 g
- Fat
- 8 g
