Alfajores
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 - 5:32pm

Ingredients




1/4 cup plus 3 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup plus 3 tbsp. sugar
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Preparation

1 Cream together butter and sugar; add egg and flour and mix well. 2 In scant teaspoonfuls, drop onto a cookie sheet. Pat with a floured finger into very thin 1.5-inch circles. 3 Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to brown around edges. 4 Sandwich two cookies together with cooked condensed milk. To cook condensed milk, place entire, unopened can in a large saucepan, cover with water. Bring to boil and simmer about 2 hours. This turns it into caramel.

About


Alfajores are typical South American cookies.