GF Almond Alfajores Recipe
These cookie sandwich filled with dulce de leche are soft, tender, and melt in your mouth. Super easy to make, kids friendly, and perfect to freeze for future cravings.
Ingredients
- 2 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour
- ½ cup and 1 tablespoon almond flour (60gr)
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar (100gr)
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter (150gr) cold
- Lemon zest
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 cup dulce de leche
Instructions
- In a medium bowl mix gluten-free all-purpose flour, almond flour, powdered sugar, and lemon zest.
- Add the diced cold butter and mix gently with your fingers. Finally, add the egg yolks and mix everything.
- Let rest the dough covered in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Soft the dough at room temperature for five minutes and stretch it with a floured (GF) rolling pin on a lightly floured (corn starch) surface. Roll the dough for about 0,5cm/ 1cm thickness, as taste.
- Cut out into rounds using a 1 or 2-inch round pastry cutter. Repeat the process with the remaining dough.
- Place the cookies on a baking sheet with a silicone mat or lightly greased.
- Cook for 15 minutes. Let cool before removing.
- Spread with dulce de leche into one side of one cookie. Top with another cookie and gently press together.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar (optional).