Alfajores Cordobeses

Start to finish 45 minutes. Makes 15

Ingredientes

Para la masa

  • 2 cups de harina/flour
  • 3/4 cup de azucar impalpable/powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp de polvo de hornear/baking powder
  • 1 huevo/egg
  • 1 tsp de extracto de Malta/vanilla extract
  • 5 T de manteca pomada/softened butter

Para el glaseado

  • 7/8 cup de azucar impalpable/powdered sugar
  • 4 T de agua + jogo de limon/mixture of water and lemon juice

Para el relleno

  • 300gr de dulce de leche

To prepare

La masa

  1. In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder. set aside
  2. En another bowl, beat the softened butter with the sugar.
  3. Add the egg, the sugar and the vanilla and continue beating until all is mixed. the mixture should stay creamy.
  4. Incorporate the butter mixture into the flour. For this, by hand, make an indent in the middle of the flour. Then, with a spatula, mix in the butter. Don’t over mix, only until ingredients are combined.
  5. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  6. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
  7. Flatten the dough to approximately 5mm/1/4 inch and cut in rounds 6cm/2 1/2 inches. Bake on parchment paper or greased pan for 5 minutes.

For the glaze:

  1. Mix the powdered sugar with the water/lemon juice mixture, making sure there are no lumps.
  2. When the rounds are cool, dip the outside in the glaze. Place on a wire rack until dry.

For the filling:

  1. Spread dulce de leche in the middle of half of the rounds. Then top each off with the remaining half rounds.