Uruguayan
Dessert
Chocolate alfajores
Ingredients
- Butter 150g
- Sugar 70g
- Egg 1
- Honey 25g
- All purpose flour 175g
- Cornstarch 80g
- Unsweetened Cocoa 30g
- Baking Powder 1 tsp
- Baking Powder 1 tsp
- Dulce de leche 400g
- Milk Chocolate 500g
- Butter 100g
- Orange Zest of 1
Instructions
For the cookies cream the butter with the sugar for a few minutes. Then add the egg and honey and mix well. Add flour, cornstarch, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder and mix until you get a dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least half an hour or overnight.
2
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
3
Divide dough into two parts, put one part back in the fridge before using. Roll out second part to about 2 millimeters and cut out round cookies with 5-6 centimeters in diameter. This can be done with a cookie cutter or glass. You should get 30 cookies in total or even more, I get about 40. Bake one baking sheet at the time for about 8-10min. Let cookies cool.
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.
5
Chop semi-sweet chocolate and melt with butter and orange zest on low heat. Dunk each sandwich cookie into the chocolate and let cool off on parchment paper before serving.
2
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
3
Divide dough into two parts, put one part back in the fridge before using. Roll out second part to about 2 millimeters and cut out round cookies with 5-6 centimeters in diameter. This can be done with a cookie cutter or glass. You should get 30 cookies in total or even more, I get about 40. Bake one baking sheet at the time for about 8-10min. Let cookies cool.
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.
5
Chop semi-sweet chocolate and melt with butter and orange zest on low heat. Dunk each sandwich cookie into the chocolate and let cool off on parchment paper before serving.