// Argentine cornstarch alfajores

Tender and full of flavor

Here I share a recipe that I think you will love as much as I do 😋😍… it is a recipe that makes me travel back in time and remember those afternoons of mate 🧉 and alfajores in my beloved Argentina 🩵😍

I have been making and improving this recipe for many years so that its flavor is authentic and delicious 😋🥰

Ingredients: Alfajor lids

🥣180g butter at room temp.

🍬100g sugar

🍋Lemon zest (a little)

🥄1tsp vanilla essence

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🌽250g cornstarch

🌾150g plain flour or pastry flour (without leavening agent)

🧂1 pinch of salt

🥄2g baking soda

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🥛50ml of whole or semi milk

Ingredients: Filling

🍯200g Havanna dulce de leche or whatever you like the most

🍯300g Havanna pastry dulce de leche or the one you like the most (I tried two brands of pastry dulce de leche and the one I like the most is Havanna, but it's your choice)

🥥Grated coconut for the sides of the alfajor

Elaboration: Filling

Mix two types of dulce de leche or use only pastry dulce de leche

Elaboration: Alfajor

🩵In a bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and pinch of salt. Reserve

🤍In another bowl, beat the butter, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla.

🩵Add the yolks one by one and beat until you get a creamy consistency.

🤍Add the milk and mix until combined

🩵Add the dry ingredients to the previous mixture

🤍Knead until there is a smooth dough. Wrap with film and let it rest in the refrigerator for 30/45 minutes.

🩵Stretch the dough to approximately 6mm thickness. or a little more, it depends on how you like it and cut circles of the desired size (I use a 4.5cm round cutter)

🤍Preheat the oven to 170ºC and bake the lids for 10 minutes, heat up and down.