Coconut alfajores with dulce de leche
Total time2 h 51 min Preparation and possible waiting 2 h 15 min · Cooking 36 min How this time is calculated
Preparation and possible waiting: 2 h 15 min · Cooking: 36 min
Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.
Servings10
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Total time: 2 h 51 min Preparation and possible waiting 2 h 15 min · Cooking 36 min How this time is calculated
Preparation and possible waiting: 2 h 15 min · Cooking: 36 min
Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.
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Dessert
Afternoon snack · Dessert
More than 2 hours
Method
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Beat the eggs with egg yolks and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Mix in vanilla extract and melted and cooled butter. Add desiccated coconut and cornflour and mix.
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Spread over baking paper to 5 mm thick and chill for around 1 hour until firm. Cut around 20 discs with a 6 cm cutter and gently reuse scraps.
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Preheat the oven to 170°C. Arrange on lined trays and bake in batches for around 18 minutes each until set and lightly golden. Cool for 30 minutes.
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Fill the cold discs with thick dulce de leche and sandwich to form ten alfajores.
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