Alfajores de Maicena

By Emiliano Schobert
0.75 h 4 raciones
Difficulty: 
Media

Ingredients

  • Butter 80 gr
  • Impreparable sugar 80 gr
  • Lemon zest ½ u
  • Egg yolk 4 u
  • Cognac 10 cc
  • Flour 80 gr
  • Corn starch 160 gr
  • Baking powder 5 gr
  • Dulce de leche pastry 500 gr
  • Shredded coconut 100 gr
  • Beat the butter with the powdered sugar.
  • Add the grated rind, the egg yolks and the cognac.
  • Sift the dry ingredients and add them to the preparation.
  • Integrate all the ingredients, without kneading. Stretch the dough and keep in the refrigerator.
  • Roll out the dough 7mm thick for small alfajores and 1 cm for large ones and spread them on buttered plates.
  • Bake at 170° - 180° C for about 8 minutes.
  • Cool.
  • Spread with dulce de leche and coat the edges with grated coconut.