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A Merry Christmas to All!
Date: Dec. 25th 2007
Category: Cookies and Bars
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It’s here! It’s finally here!
All the preparing and baking and wrapping is over and all that’s left is the eating. I don’t know even know how many pounds of butter we went through this year but it was all worth it.
It’s Christmas!
While there was no George Clooney in my stocking this morning, there were a lot of other wonderful things including time with my family, time with my friends and a lot of laughter and cheer.
I hope that all of you are enjoying a beautiful Christmas with your loved ones. For my part, I’m sending you these rich and decadent decadent caramel sandwich cookies.
May your day be bright and merry!
Ciao!
Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies)
From the Holidays 2007 issue of Ricardo magazine.
Note: These are an adaptation of the cookie known as Alfajores.
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
at least 1 cup dulce de leche (you may need more)
1/2 dried grated coconutIn a bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat until smooth. Mix in the dry ingredients. Shape the dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Set a rack in the middle of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
On a floured surface, roll the dough to a thickness of about 1/8th of an inch. Using a round cookie cutter (whatever size you choose), cut out as many rounds as you can. Bake the cookies until they begin to colour, anywhere from 9 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely on the cookie sheet before handling.
For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 tablespoon of the dulce de leche on the underside of a cookie. Top with another cookie and repeat with the dulce de leche. Top with a third cookie. Spread dulce de leche around the sides and then dip in the coconut.
Enjoy!
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12/25/07 at 10:11 am
Merry Christmas to you Ivonne! Thanks so much for being a wonderful inspiration throughout the year!
12/25/07 at 10:54 am
Merry Christmas, Ivonne!!! I too can’t believe that it’s finally here - there’s been so much preparation (especially in my kitchen!), and now it’s time to enjoy it all, with family and friends :0)
ooh those caramel Alfajores look quite divine!!
12/25/07 at 10:59 am
Yeah, it was a lot of butter this year. I probably used easily 20 times what I have in the previous 5 years!
Merry Christmas!
12/25/07 at 11:10 am
Oh Ivonne, your alfajores look delicious (and those cinnamon sablés just below do too).
I hope you’re not too busy with Georges and having a great time with all your friends and family.
Lots of love xxx
- fanny
12/25/07 at 12:13 pm
I just finished baking and thought I would take a few minutes to read one of my favourite blogs. These sandwich cookies look soo good (I love caramel).
Merry Christmas to you and your family Ivonne!
12/25/07 at 1:52 pm
I am *obsessed* with alfajores. Love them. Happy holidays! It sounds like you had a wonderful day filled with friends and family :).
12/25/07 at 1:55 pm
merry christmas ivonne! those cookies look scrumptious!
12/25/07 at 3:31 pm
Merry Christmas! Thanks for the cookies
12/25/07 at 5:07 pm
these look wonderful! Merry Christmas!
12/25/07 at 6:24 pm
Good to know that I am not the only one who wiped out the local grocer of all his pelugra this holiday. Merry Christmas to you Ivonne as well.
Scott
12/25/07 at 6:30 pm
Those cookies look delicous! No George clooney in my stocking either, oh welll maybe next year. Hope you had a wonderful Holiday!
12/25/07 at 9:20 pm
Merry Christmas! Those cookies look divine!
12/26/07 at 12:00 am
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family! Thank you for being the Super you that you are!
12/26/07 at 12:55 am
Your Alfajores look wonderful. I just had these for the first time a couple of weeks ago when Fabrizio’s cousin who grew up in Buenos Aires made them for us. they were to die for, as I love caramel. I have yet had time to make her recipe. Now I’ll have an English version to cros reference with. Thanks. It’s been a lovely year with you. Thanks for all the inspiration and effort!
12/26/07 at 7:32 am
Merry Christmas! You have been so busy, but have inspired the rest of us so. Thank you and enjoy the holidays!
12/26/07 at 5:41 pm
Oops! I wonder who I sent George off to then, if not you?
Hope you had a wonderful day, filled with lots of love and family!
12/27/07 at 6:57 am
Oh girl…those “alfajores de dulce de leche” are perfect! You can come to Argentina anytime…
Hope you have a better New Year’s Eve.
Love
12/27/07 at 12:28 pm
Merry Christmas to you too. These alfajores are with corns starch , lemon zest and brandy? Cos they look exactly as I ate herei In Argentina
01/1/08 at 1:32 am
Have loved reading your blog and recipes. Happy New Year from Oz.
01/11/08 at 8:52 pm
hi yvonne, first off i have to say that i looooooove your blog. i am just getting my feet wet with your recipes as i’ve only tried 2 (pasta e ceci and the apricot walnut jam thumbprint cookies) but already they are favorites! i just wanted to let you know that ‘alfajores’ are not strictly argentinean. in fact, these cookies are made in many different latin american countries - my own home country peru providing some of the very best kind if i say so
i hope your year is off to a great start and i look forward to reading about your next culinary adventures!
hugs