Traditional Alfajores - Caramel Sandwich Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
300
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 -2 tbsp pisco or 1 -2 tbsp brandy
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place the cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix briefly.
  3. Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture, blending with your fingers until the mixture is smooth.
  4. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and Pisco, and mix with your hands until the dough is homogeneous and smooth (add a little extra Pisco if dough is too crumbly to form a ball).
  5. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  6. Roll out dough to 3/8 thickness, and cut into 2 inch circles.
  7. Place cookies on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  8. .Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes, until they are barely golden brown. Let cookies cook 5 minutes, then transfer to rack to cool completely.
  9. To fill the cookies, spread one cookie with dulce de leche and top with second cookie. Roll the edges in the coconut.
  10. Store in an airtight container.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 300.16 Kcal (1257 kJ)
Calories from fat 127.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.17g 22%
Cholesterol 24.01mg 8%
Sodium 459.88mg 19%
Potassium 247.11mg 5%
Total Carbs 39.61g 13%
Sugars 14.37g 57%
Dietary Fiber 1.46g 6%
Protein 3.8g 8%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 1.1mg 6%
Calcium 80mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 440.85 Kcal (1846 kJ)
Calories from fat 187.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.82g 22%
Cholesterol 35.26mg 8%
Sodium 675.45mg 19%
Potassium 362.94mg 5%
Total Carbs 58.18g 13%
Sugars 21.11g 57%
Dietary Fiber 2.14g 6%
Protein 5.58g 8%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 1.6mg 6%
Calcium 117.5mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.9
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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