Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)

Recipe courtesy Ingrid Hoffmann, 2008

Show: Simply Delicioso with Ingrid HoffmannEpisode: Gaucho Grilling

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (10)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
16 to 18 cookies

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 1 hr 40 min

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and softened
1 1/2 cups dulce de leche, at room temperature
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and butter. Pulse until dough comes together into a ball. If the dough is too sticky add a little more flour so that you can shape the soft dough into a ball. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.

Sprinkle some flour onto your work surface and roll the dough 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter cut out the cookies and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet. Bring the dough scraps together and gently press into a ball. Flour your work surface, re-roll 1/8-inch thick and cut out more rounds.

Bake the cookies until they are golden and firm, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely, about 25 minutes.

Place the dulce de leche in a small bowl and stir in the cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the dulce de leche on the flat side of a cookie and sandwich with the flat side of another cookie. Place the cookies on a platter, dust them with powdered sugar, and serve.

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recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
iris Edgewater, NJ 10-16-2009
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Its a fabulous cookie, if you tweak it...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Its simple, leave out the spices. I grew up eating this, and i cannot remember my mother adding these spices to them. My... hubby, who typically doesn't like sweets, enjoys this cookie tremendously (without the dulce the leche). Speaking of which, if you cant find premade dulce de leche...just boil a can of condensed milk for 2 hours, then let cool. yum!Read more
recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
ingri long beach, CA 02-10-2009
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THE BEST OF THE BEST
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

THAKNS FOR THAT DELICIOS DULCE DE LECHE COOKIE SANDWICHES I LOVE IT . THEY SHOULD SHOW YOUR TV SHOW MORE OFTEN ALL YOUR... RECEOIES ARE SO EASY TO MAKE ....THANKS FOR THAT Read more
recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
pia edina, MN 10-02-2008
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alfajores de manteca
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

we call these cookies, alfajores de manteca (butter cookies) in argentina. you don't need to incorporate the spices in the... recipe. xxRead more
recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
Sheri Deerfield Beach, FL 09-17-2008
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loved this cookie Sheri FL
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I read reviews first so thenused 1 1/2 sticks butter,used just a sprinkle of the spices. I tasted just a hint of the spices.... It was awesome. Thank youRead more
recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
Michelle woodstock, GA 09-17-2008
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Very Good!!!!!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made those cookies for my girlfriends and they loved it! I expected them to be more like the Havana style from Argentina... but they are still delicious. The original alfajor does have cinnamon and the spices but i chose not to add them since the sandwiches are cookie like rather than cake like. They are very flaky, lightly sweet and go great w/ just the dulce de leche! It was a hit!Read more
recipe Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajor)
Vanessa Keystone hts, FL 09-15-2008
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Big hit!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made these yesterday for a friend of mines better half who's Cuban. He grew up on Dulce! He eats it straight from the can!... He LOVED the cookies!!! They were a huge hit! Unfortunately I couldn't find a can of Dulce in my town so his mom told me to boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for 1 1/2 hours - you just immerse the can and boil- and guess what! It turns into Dulce de Leche!Read more