Alfajore are two buttery crisp shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a sticky, gooey, yummy Dulce de Leche filling . Another Mouth-Watering and a Fool-Proof Recipe from Joy of Baking. Alfajores (al-fah-HOR-ays) are very popular in Latin America. Which makes sense as they are filled with another Latin American favorite, Dulce de Leche (DOOL-say day LAY-chay).
To Make them even more rich, you can Sprinkle some Confectioner’s Sugar on top and Roll them on to some Sweetened coconut Flakes or Dip them in Chocolate to make them Even more sinful. But, tell you what, they taste amazing without all these rich toppings and you would definitely bake them often for you kiddo and also for yourself.
Ingredients
1 Cup All-purpose flour
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ Cup Crisco Shortening
1 tablespoon of Water
¼ Cup Powdered Sugar
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Dulce de Leche for Making the sandwich
Method
- Preheat Oven to 200C. Line a Baking tray with Parchment paper.
- Whisk together Flour and Salt. Using an Electric mixer, Beat Crisco shortening, vanilla extract, water and Sugar together, until smooth and creamy.
- Add Flour-Mix to Crisco Mix little by little and knead well to make a soft,pilable dough. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, take the dough out and Roll them out and Cut into desired shape using a cookie cutter. I simply, Pinched out small balls out of the dough and flatten them to make small disc.
- Place them on the baking tray and Bake for 12- 13 minutes or until edges start to brown.
- Take it out of the Oven, Let it cool on the Wire Rack.
- Once it is Cooled, Make the Sandwich!!!! Take a Shorbread, apply ½ teaspoon of Dulce de leche on the inside and press it with another shortbread. Enjoy!!!!
Sending this to Kids Delight – What kids Love for Summer hosted by Smitha, an Event by Srivalli .
Srivalli
Wow that looks very nice…
Priya Suresh
Omg, cant take my eyes from ur clicks Priya, shortbread sandwich looks absolutely irresistible and addictive.
The Pumpkin Farm
wow…looks very nice and interesting, wish i had no rules for fat based cooking for a few days atleast
Spice up the Curry
these cookies are just awesome. great one
Sangeetha M
wow…cookies looks very delicious n tempting…superb!!
Spicy Treats
Suma Gandlur
They look very addictive Priya.
Cool Lassi(e)
What a great tempting shortbread cookie! Looks yum!
Gayathri NG
Totally luv this cute sandwich shortbread, sounds interesting…
Jayanthi
Looks super yummy…my kiddo would just love that!!!
Unknown
thats a very delicious sandwich cookie u made…
vaishali sabnani
looks wonderful!!..lovely recipe!
Nalini's Kitchen
Delicious looking cookies,bookmarked.
Pavani
Cute cookies. Love the dulche de leche filling on the middle.
Unknown
Looks very delicious and tempting.
Chef Mireille
I love dulce de leche..these must be very good