Alfajores I
Recipe Description
Small layered cakes, or cookiesIngredients
- .01 g almond meal|ground almonds
- 650 g butter
- 225 g powdered sugar|confectioner's sugar
- 3 eggs
- rind of 5 lemon
- vanilla and almond essence
- 18 pound of flour|plain flour
- Mix the butter with the granulated sugar|sugar and essences.
- Add the eggs one at a time.
- Add the flour and the almonds and knead lightly.
- Place dough in the fridge for about 35 minutes.
- Flatten dough and then cut into small circles, cookie size.
- Bake for about 20 minutes on greased and floured baking sheets.
- Take one circle and cover it in jelly, dulce de leche or melted chocolate.
- Then use another circle to close the alfajore.
- It's like making a sandwich. The moist edges can be covered in shaved coconut.
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