Baking
Peruvian Manjar Blanco Alfajores
Soft cookies filled with manjar blanco and dusted with powdered sugar.
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 200 g flour
- 150 g cornstarch
- 150 g butter
- 80 g powdered sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 300 g manjar blanco (milk caramel)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Step-by-step
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- Put the butter and powdered sugar in the mixing bowl. Set 1 min/speed 3.
- Add the egg yolks and vanilla. Mix 30 sec/speed 3.
- Add the flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Set 1 min/speed 4 until a dough forms.
- Roll out the dough between two sheets and cut circles. Bake at 170°C for 12 min without browning. Let cool.
- Sandwich the cookies in pairs with manjar blanco and dust with powdered sugar.
Tips
- Don't let the cookies brown — they should stay pale and delicate.
- You can roll the edges in shredded coconut.
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