Name: Alfajores (Shortbread Caramel Sandwich Cookies)
Yield: Makes about 25 Cookies
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 2 large egg yolks; One 13.4-ounce [385-g] can dulce de leche; 1¼ cups [175 g] all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; ¾ cup [105 g] cornstarch; ½ cup [60 g] powdered sugar, plus more for dusting; ¾ cup [165 g] butter (1½ sticks), room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
25
Cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

We Are La Cocina

By Leticia Landa and Caleb Zigas

Published 2019

About

Alfajores, that was my other thing. My grand-mother’s alfajores were tiny, with a tiny bit of dulce de leche, but I love dulce de leche, so mine have a ton of dulce de leche. That’s the way I like them. I do everything the way that I like it. And since I own it, I can do it. My boss is not going to tell me no.

Ingredients

1¼ cups [175 g] all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon fine sea salt

Method

Put the flour, salt, and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine and set aside.

Combine the powdered sugar and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolks and vanilla. Mix just until incorporated.

On low speed, slowly add the flour mixture. Once it’s all been added, mix until i