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Alfajores de Maicena Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 sticks butter at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1-2 cups dulce de leche
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350º.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg plus egg yolk and vanilla.
3. In separate bowl, mix flour, cornstarch and baking powder together.
4. Add both mixtures together until it forms a dough.
5. Refrigerate dough for at least a half hour or as long as overnight.
6. Roll dough out to 1/4" thick and use small round cookie cutter.
7. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
8. Bake for 15 minutes just until the edges start to brown.
9. Let cookies cool, then place a generous amount of dulce de leche on one cookie and top with another.

 

 

 

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