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Jump to recipeAlfajores are sweet sandwich cookies filled with Dulce de Leche. They are surprisingly easy to make and decadently amazing!!
Have you boarded the dulce de leche train yet? Thick, rich caramel. Amazingly decadent.
I found this recipe when looking for recipes to make for a girls movie night a couple of years ago. We were watching Evita, and I was searching for recipes from Argentina. These little gems appeared, and I was smitten.
They’ve shown up since at other gatherings, bridal showers, and just because. When I shared a recipe for another decadent treat, dulce de leche oatmeal bars, I told you about alfajores. But I’ve decided they deserve their own post.
Dulce de Leche Cookies
What made me think of it was that my niece chose to make alfajores for our annual Christmas cookie baking day this year. Fantastic decision!
Because you’re starting with a simple refrigerator sugar cookie, you get to decide how many cookies you make, depending on size. When I made them for the shower, I made several small rolls of dough, so the cookies were much smaller. I really liked that size. Since they are so rich, a couple of bites is enough to satisfy.
It’s as easy as slicing and baking the dough, then slathering some dulce de leche on half of the cookies and making sandwiches.
Voila. You are an instant cookie hero.
Try these dulce de leche sandwich cookies on your cookie tray this Christmas!
Here’s the recipe:
Alfajores: Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 can Dulce de Leche
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together
- Add egg and vanilla
- Add flour, baking powder and salt
- On sheets of wax paper, divide dough in half and shape each half into a roll about 1 ½ inches in diameter (or as big as you want)
- Roll up in wax paper and put in refrigerator for a couple of hours, or up to a week
- When ready to bake, slice rolls into ¼- ½ inch slices
- Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes
- Take out before they get brown. You want soft cookies. (Crisp cookies tend to squeeze the filling out the sides when you eat them)
- Let cookies cool and then spread with Dulce de Leche to make sandwiches
Now you just need to dip them in chocolate!
Oh. My. Word. That would be decadent. Yum!
So yummy and so easy! I love these kind of recipes. Pinned.
About how many cookies does this recipe make?
It’s really hard to say, since it depends on how large you make the rolls of dough to slice. I would estimate a couple dozen is average.
I have made these so many times and am glad this recipe is still available! I really need to write it down…
This time, I actually made the dough months ago and put the rolled logs into the freezer. I took them out to thaw and then I’ll slice and bake them, so I just needed to check the baking time. This is a great way to do it if you don’t want to make a ton at a time!
What a great idea! Thanks for taking the time to comment and share your tip. 🙂