🍮 dessertRank #11medium

Alfajores

Name: Alfajores
Cuisine: Argentinian
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cornstarch; 1 cup butter; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 egg yolks; 1 cup dulce de leche; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; for dusting powdered sugar

Alfajores are traditional Argentinian sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche and coated in powdered sugar or chocolate. They are beloved for their tender texture and sweet, caramel-like filling, often enjoyed with mate or coffee as a cultural staple.

9 ingredients

sweetcaramelbutteryvanillatender

Culinary DNA Preview

Argentinian70%

Andalusian Spanish30%

Ingredients

all-purpose flour
2 cups
cornstarch
1/2 cup
butter
1 cup
granulated sugar
1/2 cup
egg yolks
2
dulce de leche
1 cup
baking powder
1 tsp
vanilla extract
1 tsp
powdered sugar
for dusting

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Alfajores have origins in Andalusian Spain, brought to South America during colonial times and adapted in Argentina with local ingredients like dulce de leche, becoming a signature sweet treat.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Argentinian70%

ingredients+techniques

Andalusian Spanish30%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

creaming baking rolling sandwiching

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