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Alfajores Paraguayos

Alfajores Paraguayos is a traditional Uruguayan recipe for a classic sandwich biscuit (cookie) with a dulche de leche finning. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Uruguayan version of: Alfajores Paraguayos.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

15 minutes

Total Time:

35 minutes

Makes:

12

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesBaking RecipesParaguay Recipes

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Ingredients:

For the Biscuits:
100g of butter at room temperature
100 of sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
200g of cornflour
100g of plain (all-purpose) flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of vanilla extract

For the Filling:
150g of dulce de leche
50g of shredded coconut flakes

Method:

For the biscuits: cream the soft butter for about a minute, then add the sugar and cream for another two minutes. Incorporate the egg fully before mixing in the egg yolk. Once everything is nicely combined, add all remaining ingredients and mix one more time. shape the dough into a ball and wrap in clingfilm (plastic wrap). Chill for at least half an hour (or up to overnight) in the refrigerator.

When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 180°C and line two baking trays with parchment paper.

Divide the dough in half, put one back in the fridge and roll out the other thickly on a lightly floured surface. Cut out biscuits with either the bottom of a glass or a pastry cutter around 6cm in diameter. Repeat with all the dough (you can also re-roll the scraps to make more).

Once all the dough has been prepared, transfer the baking trays to the centre of your oven and bake for about 8-10min, the biscuits will look very pale (but that's what you want). Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

To finish the alfajores, top one biscuit with a teaspoon of dulce de leche. Place a second biscuit on top and roll the sides of each biscuit sandwich in the coconut flakes (it helps if the dulce de leche was pressed down to the sides of the cookie).