Dulce de Leche Cookies [Alfajores]
Serves 20
15 mins prep
10 mins cook
45 mins Chill Time
25 mins total
These dulce de leche cookies are a tender, buttery, melt in your mouth cookies filled with dulce de leche and dusted with powdered sugar. The dulce de leche filling tastes like a rich, creamy, milky caramel. They’re an easy cookie to make that will make a great addition to your holiday cookie collection.
Cookies
Assembly
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Cookies
Beat butter, powdered sugar, and salt until light and fluffy.
⅕ ¾ unsalted butter⅕ 1 powdered sugar⅕ ½ sea saltAdd egg yolks one at a time, beating in between and scraping down the sides to incorporate. Add vanilla and beat again.
⅕ 2 large egg yolks⅕ 1 pure vanilla extractSift flour, cornstarch, and baking powder into the same bowl. Fold just until a dough forms.
⅕ 2 all purpose flour⅕ 3 cornstarch⅕ ½ baking powderForm the dough into a disc and wrap with plastic or beeswax wrap. Refrigerate for at least 45 minutes or up to two days
Preheat oven to 355°F (180°C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to ⅛” thick. Cut out 2 ½” diameter circles, rerolling the scraps as needed. Use a cookie cutter or the bottom of a glass.
Cut small (¾”) holes in the middles of half the cookies. Place cut cookies in freezer for 5 minutes before baking.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are a very pale golden color. Transfer onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
Assembly
Arrange the cookies with cut out middles on a tray and dust with powdered sugar. Arrange the rest of the cookies on a separate tray, bottom sides up.
⅕ ¼ powdered sugarSpread a thick layer of dulce de leche onto the bottoms of the whole cookies. Carefully top them with the cookies covered in powdered sugar, and enjoy.
⅕ 1 dulce de leche
