ChOcolate alfajor

On friday I went to buy some tips I needed, and ended up buying a cOuple of magazines too, sorry I couldnt help it mom :3


But one of the magazines had the most cool recipe for chocolate alfajores, wich is a South American recipe, and a very yummi one. So heres the magazine and the recipe...:D

Cookies:

• 450g of AP flour
• 200 of powdered Sugar
• 300g Butter or Margarine
• 2 eggs
• Salt
• 1 tspVanilla Flavor 
• 1/2 a tso almond flovor
• Baking powder 1tsp
• Baking soda 1/2 tsp
•  30g Cocoa
• 2 tbsp of glucose

Procedure:

Cream the butter with the sugar and glucose until light and fluffy. Add egs one by one.

Make a well with all dry ingredients.

Add the flavorings

Crum the mixture of butter with the dry ingredients

Only integrate, as a pie dough.

Chill dough for at least an hour. 

roll ou and cu in circles

Bake a 300F for 18 to 20 min.

Let it cool.

Assembly

Dulce de Leche 

Ganache :

·                     1/2 c heavy cream

·                     8 oz  semi-sweet chocolate chunks

·                     2 T light corn syrup

·                     2 t of kahlúa

Drop in one cookie some dulce de leche and seal. Pour he chocolate ganache an let it cool (I did it overnight)

You can decorate with some candy melts.