Argentina

Alfajores de maicena

Name: Alfajores de maicena
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups cornflour (cornstarch); 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 tsp baking powder; 2/3 cup soft butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 3 yolks egg; 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); Lemon, zest of 1; 1 tin cooked into dulce de leche condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk); 1/3 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)

Melt in the mouth cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche, rolled in coconut.

75 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

The sandwich cookie2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayArgentine alfajores de maicena.

The original

362kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

75minutessame

Alfajores.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cornflour (cornstarch)1⅔ cups

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Baking powder1 tsp

Butter⅔ cup, soft

Sugar½ cup

Egg3 yolks

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Lemonzest of 1

Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)1 tin, cooked into dulce de leche

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)⅓ cup

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the sealed condensed milk tin fully covered in water for 2 1/2 hours to make dulce de leche. Cool completely before opening.
2Cream butter and sugar, beat in yolks, vanilla and zest. Fold in cornflour, maida and baking powder.
3Chill 30 minutes, roll 5 mm thick and cut 5 cm rounds.
4Bake at 170°C for 10 to 12 minutes. They should stay pale.
5Sandwich pairs with dulce de leche and roll the edges in coconut.

Serve it like this

Serve on a plate dusted with icing sugar, with coffee or mate.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Argentina

Alfajores de maicena

Melt in the mouth cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche, rolled in coconut.

75 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

The sandwich cookie2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayArgentine alfajores de maicena.

The original

362kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

75minutessame

Alfajores.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cornflour (cornstarch)1⅔ cups

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Baking powder1 tsp

Butter⅔ cup, soft

Sugar½ cup

Egg3 yolks

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Lemonzest of 1

Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)1 tin, cooked into dulce de leche

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)⅓ cup

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the sealed condensed milk tin fully covered in water for 2 1/2 hours to make dulce de leche. Cool completely before opening.
2Cream butter and sugar, beat in yolks, vanilla and zest. Fold in cornflour, maida and baking powder.
3Chill 30 minutes, roll 5 mm thick and cut 5 cm rounds.
4Bake at 170°C for 10 to 12 minutes. They should stay pale.
5Sandwich pairs with dulce de leche and roll the edges in coconut.

Serve it like this

Serve on a plate dusted with icing sugar, with coffee or mate.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Alfajores de maicena

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Method

Alfajores de maicena

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Ingredients

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