Cornstarch Alfajores With Dulce De Leche (argentina)

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups cornstarch
• 3/4 cup wheat flour
• 1/4 lb butter
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons grated coconut
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sweet your favorite liqueur
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 quarts milk
• 2 lbs sugar

Recipe

• 1 preparation:.
• 2 beat 4 eggs for 5 minutes with a whisk and mix them with the powdered sugar, beating until creamy. set aside.
• 3 sift together the cornstarch, the flour, and the baking powder.
• 4 pour out onto table top; in a well in the centre, place the butter at room temperature, the vanilla extract, the liquer and the egg and sugar cream.
• 5 work with your hands until firm.
• 6 roll with a rolling pin to a thinkness of 1 1/4 inch and cut into 1 1/2 inch discs with a cookie cutter. place the discs on a greased and floured cookie sheet.
• 7 bake for 20 to 25 minutes at medium (350f), until golden. remove and cool.
• 8 to put together each alfajor, spread a 1/4-inch coat of dulce de leche over one disc, cover with another, paint the edge with a little more dulce de leche and roll it on the grated coconut so that it sticks to the edge.
• 9 homemade dulce de leche:.
• 10 heat 8 tablespoons of sugar in a thick bottomed pot for 20 minutes at medium, until it reaches a caramel color.
• 11 add the milk and the remaining sugar and allow to reach a boiling point.
• 12 bring the heat to minimum, and simmer until it thickens, for about an hour.
• 13 homemade dulce de leche - easy version.
• 14 boil an unopened can of condensed milk for two hours in a saucepan filled with water. when you open it, its contents should have a rich caramel color.