Alfajores

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
• 1 1/2 cups cornstarch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy. add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. beat in vanilla and lemon rind.
• 2 sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder and salt. add to mixture and mix well.
• 3 drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well buttered baking sheet. bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. remove immediately.
• 4 sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche (see my "dulce de leche").
• 5 makes 40 single cookies or 20 cookies with dulce de leche.