alfajores

🥘 Ingredients

• flour 240 g
• corn starch 230 g
• powdered sugar 90 g
• butter 300 g
• egg 1
• yolk 1
• manjar 400 g

1. 1

   In a big bowl, mix flour , corn starch , and powdered sugar .
2. 2

   In another bowl, mix softened butter with one egg and an extra egg yolk until creamy. Then add to the big bowl and mix.
3. 3

   Knead the dough and make a ball with it. Cover with plastic wrapper and cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours . It can also be stored during the night.
4. 4

   With a rolling pin , stretch the dough out to be 1/2 cm. high. With the upper side of a shot glass or a small round mold, cut round pieces and place them on a baking pan covered with parchment paper .
5. 5

   Bake in the oven at 160C for 30 min . They should be cooked through but not browned.
6. 6

   Leave to cool in a baking rake.
7. 7

   Make the alfajores by smearing manjar on a cookie and placing another cookie on top. Sieve powdered sugar on top of the batch once they're made.