Homemade Alfajores Recipe

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Why You Will Love These Peruvian Alfajores

Delicious crisp cookies with a delicious caramel filling. A Christmas cookie like no other! Perfect for all types of occasions.

Ingredients To Make Alfajores with Homemade Manjar

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Homemade Alfajores Recipe

a crisp cornstarch cookie with a tasty filling!

Why You Will Love These Peruvian Alfajores

Ingredients To Make Alfajores with Homemade Manjar

Flour Unsalted butter Cornstarch Powdered sugar Egg yolk Vanilla Sweetened Condensed Milk Cinnamon Cloves

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Combine the milk, vanilla, cinnamon and cloves. Mix well. Place in Instant Pot with one cup of water.

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Cook for 80-90 minutes under high pressure until thick and deep golden brown. Cool and then blend until creamy. Refrigerate.

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Mix the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and egg yolk with an electric mixer until creamy.

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Add the sifted dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture and mix up. Refrigerate the dough.

5

Roll out the cookie dough on a lightly floured surface. Cut out circles.

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Lay them out on a baking tray with a little bit of space between. Bake until the tops are firm and the edges are just starting to brown.

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Cool the cookies completely and then fill with the chilled manjar blanco. Add a cookie on top.

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Dust the cookies with a powdered sugar.

serve & enjoy!

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