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Chocolate alfajores
30 MIN

Chocolate alfajores

Uruguayan · Dessert

Ingredients

  • Butter150g Butter
  • Sugar70g Sugar
  • Egg1 Egg
  • Honey25g Honey
  • All purpose flour175g All purpose flour
  • Cornstarch80g Cornstarch
  • Unsweetened Cocoa30g Unsweetened Cocoa
  • Baking Powder1 tsp Baking Powder
  • Baking Powder1 tsp Baking Powder
  • Dulce de leche400g Dulce de leche
  • Milk Chocolate500g Milk Chocolate
  • Butter100g Butter
  • OrangeZest of 1 Orange

Preparation

  1. For the cookies cream the butter with the sugar for a few minutes.
  2. Then add the egg and honey and mix well.
  3. Add flour, cornstarch, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder and mix until you get a dough.
  4. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least half an hour or overnight.
  5. 2 Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
  6. 3 Divide dough into two parts, put one part back in the fridge before using.
  7. Roll out second part to about 2 millimeters and cut out round cookies with 5-6 centimeters in diameter.
  8. This can be done with a cookie cutter or glass.
  9. You should get 30 cookies in total or even more, I get about 40.
  10. Bake one baking sheet at the time for about 8-10min.
  11. Let cookies cool.
  12. 4 For the filling look for two cookies of the same size and place about one teaspoon of dulce de leche onto the bottom one before sandwiching together.
  13. 5 Chop semi-sweet chocolate and melt with butter and orange zest on low heat.
  14. Dunk each sandwich cookie into the chocolate and let cool off on parchment paper before serving.

Adapted from TheMealDB.