Peruvian Alfajores Recipe

Recently I had to find a Peruvian recipe for a school project I had to do. I found a recipe for Peruvian Alfajores, which is basically two shortbread cookies with dulce de leche in the middle. I made a few changes to the recipe, and they turned out great! So many people said they loved them and they all got eaten. 

They were SO easy to make, just a little time consuming cutting out the cookies. Here is the recipe if you are interested in trying them yourself! 

Peruvian
Alfajores

Prep
Time: 20 minutes

Cook
Time: 15 minutes

Servings:
24

Ingredients-

4
cups all-purpose flour½
cup butter

½
cup confectioners’ sugar½
cup dulce de leche

1
cup vegetable shortening, chilled1
teaspoon vanilla

1
tablespoon cold water

Directions-

1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

2.
Sift flour and confectioners’ sugar together into a bowl. Rub the shortening
into the flour until completely incorporated to form a dough. Roll out on a
floured surface to ¼ inch thick, then cut into 1 to 1 ½ inch circles with a
small, round cookie cutter. Place circles onto an ungreased baking sheet, and
poke each twice with a fork

3.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Disks should be removed from the over
while still pale, they should not brown. Cool completely on a wire rack.

4. To assemble the alfajores, spread one
of the disks with a teaspoon of dulce de leche, then place a second disk on
top, creating a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining disks, then dust with
confectioners’ sugar. 
 

 Let me know if you have made these or similar cookies in the comments!

xo, Scarlett

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