Recipe by Deby Sandler

Chocolate Walnut Alfajores

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15 Servings
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Alfajores are a traditional South American confection. Two melt-in-your-mouth cookies sandwich a creamy, sweet dulche de leche filling. Deby’s version is all the more decadent by being dipped in chocolate and topped with candied nuts! Watch more on Sunny Side Up!

 

Yields 24 alfajores

Ingredients

Walnut Alfajores

  • 200 grams (about 1 and 2/3 cups) flour

  • 50 grams (about 1/2 cup minus 4 teaspoons) Gefen Cocoa Powder

  • 125 grams (1/2 cup plus about 2 and 1/2 teaspoons) butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

  • 150 grams (about 1 and 1/4 cups) ground walnuts

  • 1 egg

  • 100 grams (1/2 cup) sugar

  • 1 teaspoon Gefen Vanilla Extract

  • Dulce de leche filling

  • 1 bag white chocolate chips, melted

Optional Toppings

Directions

Bake the Cookies

1.

Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, butter, and nuts. Then add the egg with the sugar and vanilla extract, mix it together until it forms a dough. Chill it in the fridge for at least one hour.

2.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

3.

Roll out the dough and cut eight-centimeter circles (about three and a quarter inches). Bake for 20 minutes.

Assemble

1.

Let the cookies cool completely. Spread half the cookies with Dulce de leche and top with the other half to form sandwiches.

2.

I put the cookies in the freezer for around 30 minutes while I melt the white chocolate. Using an offset spatula and a small fork, dip the Alfajores in chocolate. Top with almond and hazelnut brittle.

Chocolate Walnut Alfajores

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rivka serebryanski
rivka serebryanski
3 years ago

kosher dulce de leche where do I find kosher dulce de leche?

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Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  rivka serebryanski
3 years ago

Hi- most kosher supermarkets sell it, especially during this time of year.

rivka serebryanski
rivka serebryanski
3 years ago

where do I buy kosher dulce de leche? or how can I make it?

Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  rivka serebryanski
3 years ago

Hi- you can find kosher dulce de leche at almost any kosher supermarket or you can it by scratch

Breindy
Breindy
3 years ago

This looks heaven! Is it a soft cookie or a crispy one?