Alfajores with Dulce de Leche (Caramel Filled Cornstarch Cookies)

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Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist

  • About 1 cup (1/2 lb.) butter or margarine, at room temperature
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 tablespoons dark rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • About 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • About 1 3/4 cups dulce de leche or caramel sauce (see note preceding)
  • About 1 cup sweetened flaked dried coconut

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Directions

Instructions Checklist

  • Step 1In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1 cup butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg yolks, whole egg, rum, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
  • Step 2In a medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour, cornstarch, and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture, then beat until well blended. Divide dough in half, press each half into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 3Unwrap dough. On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll one disk at a time to about 1/8 inch thick. With a floured, 2- to 3-inch round cutter, cut out cookies. Place about 1 inch apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets. Gather excess dough into a ball, reroll, and cut out remaining cookies.
  • Step 4Bake in a 350º regular or convection oven until cookie edges just begin to brown, about 10 minutes. If baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking. Let the cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer them to racks to cool completely.
  • Step 5Turn half the cookies bottom side up and spread each with about 1 tablespoon dulce de leche. Top with remaining cookies, bottom side down. Place coconut in a shallow bowl. Gently squeeze each sandwich until filling begins to ooze out sides, then roll edges in coconut.
  • Step 6Nutritional analysis per sandwich.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 229 calories; calories from fat 36%; protein 2.1g; fat 9.2g; saturated fat 5.7g; carbohydrates 35g; fiber 0.5g; sodium 188mg; cholesterol 46mg.