Alfajores, a favorite South American pastry, are cookies filled with delicious caramel, dulce de

leche, and rolled in coconut to make a buttery-rich for an afternoon tea, a special dessert or an
anytime snack.
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Ingredients:
• 12 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons cognac
• 2 1/2 cups cornstarch (corn flour)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• Zest of 1/2 lemon
• Dulce de Leche
• Grated coconut
Preparation:
To make cookie dough:
Cream the butter and sugar together, then mix in the remaining ingredients except the dulce
de leche and coconut until well blended. Knead on a floured work surface until the dough is
smooth and let rest for 15 minutes.

Make the cookies:

Roll the dough out to a thickness of about 1/4 inch and cut into 2-inch rounds. Place on a
greased cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 300°F oven for 20 minutes. When cool, spread
some dulce de leche on the bottom of half the cookies and press another cookie on top,
allowing some of the dulce de leche to squeeze from the sides. Roll the sides in the coconut
until the sides are covered.
Makes about 12 delicious, definitely non low calorie cookies!

To make dulce de leche:

Method 1: Pour 1 can sweetened condensed milk into 9-inch pie plate. Cover with aluminum
foil. Place the pie plate in a in larger shallow pan filled with hot water. Do not allow the water
to cover the smaller pan. Bake at 425 degrees F for 1 hour or until thick and caramel-colored.
Beat until smooth.
Method 2: Place unopened can sweetened condensed milk in a pot with enough water to cover
the can. Bring slowly to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer and let cook for 4-5 hours until the
milk is caramelized. Be careful! Keep the can covered and simmering slowly to avoid the risk of
the can exploding. Cool the can before opening.