Butter Cookies with Dulce de Leche

Butter Cookies with Dulce de Leche
Servings: 16
Snack

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
In some Latin American countries, these cookies, called alfajores, are made with Pisco — brandy distilled from white Muscat grapes grown in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia — but regular brandy works fine.

Ingredients

3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup cornstarch 3/4 to 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon Pisco or regular brandy 1/4 teaspoon vanilla About 1/4 cup dulce de leche* Confectioners sugar for dusting Special equipment: a 1 1/2-inch round cookie cutter

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 °F. Butter a large baking sheet. Whisk together cornstarch, 3/4 cup flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, then beat in egg yolks, Pisco, and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until combined, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons flour if dough is sticky. (Dough should be soft.) Form dough into a disk and roll out into an 11-inch round (1/8 inch thick) on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin. Cut out 32 rounds with cutter (reroll scraps if necessary) and transfer to sheet, arranging rounds 1/2 inch apart. Bake until firm and pale golden around edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool 10 minutes. Sandwich cookies with about 1/2 teaspoon dulce de leche. Dust with confectioners sugar.

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