Argentine cookies "Alfajores"

Name: Argentine cookies "Alfajores"
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 160 g flour; 160 g cornstarch; 1 tsp baking powder; 100 g butter; 150 g sugar; 1 egg; 1 yolk; 2 tsp vanilla sugar; 1 Art. l. roma; boiled condensed milk; ground almonds; coconut flakes

Cookinero 19 January 2023

How to cook Argentine cookies "Alfajores"

Step 1

Sift flour with cornstarch and baking powder. Beat softened butter with sugar until smooth. Continuing to beat, add the egg, yolk, vanilla sugar and rum.

Step 2

Add flour. Knead the dough. Roll into a ball and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 3

Roll out the dough into a layer, but not very thin. Cut out 12 large and 12 small circles. Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 15 minutes. at 190 degrees. Transfer, chill.

Step 4

Place 1 tsp in the center of large cookies. condensed milk, cover with small ones and lightly press down (cookies are very fragile). Also coat the edges. Roll the edges in a mixture of nuts and coconut flakes.