Alfajores (An Argentinean Dulce De Leche Sandwich Cookie)

Name: Alfajores (An Argentinean Dulce De Leche Sandwich Cookie)
Cook time: 17 min
Yield: 40 cookies
Ingredients: 0.5 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 each egg; 2 each egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 tsp lemon rind; 1.5 cup cornstarch; 0.5 cup flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp salt; 1 cup dulce de leche

justcallmetoni · food.com · 2007 · Original Recipe

Found these while playing on the Internet and decided to give them a try soon. For the dulce de leche, you can either make your own (many good recipes on this site) or find it in a local market that h

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Ingredients

butter0.5 cup (114g)

sugar1 cup (140g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolks2 each (36g)

vanilla1 tsp (3g)

lemon rind(grated)2 tsp (6g)

cornstarch1.5 cup (192g)

flour0.5 cup (70g)

baking powder1 tsp (5g)

salt0.25 tsp (1g)

dulce de leche(store bought or homemade)1 cup (140g)

Total dough weight756g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 15-17 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~40 cookies

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 4.3. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat0.62 (6th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.50 (2th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour1.23 (99th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)

Fat %15.0 (43th percentile)

Sugar %18.5 (37th percentile)

Hydration1.23 (99th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

0.62

Flour:Sugar

0.50

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

1.23

Chocolate:Flour

Fat %

15.0

Sugar %

18.5

Flour %

9.26

Hydration