Cornstarch Alfajores

Name: Cornstarch Alfajores
Prep time: 85 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 200 grams wheat flour; 300 grams cornstarch, cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 200 grams butter; 150 grams sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon lime zest; 500 grams dulce de leche, or cajeta; 1 cup cognac

Ismarelis Cedeño Quijada

Delicious cornstarch alfajores dessert for special occasions. Alfajores are a typical dessert from Argentina made like a sweet sandwich filled with dulce de leche. You can serve them as a dessert or even as a gift.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 19-08-2011

Preparation

1h 25 mins

Medium

Sift the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and baking powder. In a bowl, beat the butter with the sugar, add the egg yolks one at a time mixing well each time, then the cognac; and gradually add the sifted dry ingredients. Incorporate the vanilla essence or lemon zest and mix well. Form a dough without kneading and roll out to ½ cm thick. Cut out medallions of 4 cm in diameter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes; let cool. Form the alfajores by joining two cookies with dulce de leche in the middle and rolling their edges in shredded coconut.