🍪Biscuits Alfajores
120 g butter (4.3 oz)
120 g corn starch (4.3 oz)
130 g flour (4.6 oz)
40 g egg yolks (2 pcs.)
50 g sugar (1.8 oz)
30 ml of milk (1 fl.oz)
1 pinch of salt
6 g of baking powder (1 tsp. with a slide)
zest of one orange
🍯Stuffing:
300 g condensed milk (10.7 oz)
20-30 g coconut flakes (1 oz)
🍪Prepare the dough.
1. Beat the butter, add the orange zest, yolks, sugar and hot milk, mix.
2. Mix the cornstarch with the baking powder and salt. Add to the main mixture.
3. Add flour and knead the dough.
4. Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment into a 4-5 mm thick layer.
5. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
6. Turn on the oven to 350F.
7. Remove the parchment from the dough and use a 5 cm diameter cookie cutter to press out the cookies.
8. Place in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
9. Pile the cooled cookies in pairs.
10. Sprinkle condensed milk over one of the halves, cover with the other half.
11. Cover sides of cookies with condensed milk and sprinkle with coconut shavings.