When Brilynn of Jumbo Empanadas announced that she was creating a World Dulce de Leche Day event, I was in. Who can resist that sweet, sticky magical substance known as dulce de leche, a caramel flavoured delight?
I chose to make alfajores. Alfajores are caramel sandwich cookies that incorporate cornflour, and are a popular treat in Spain and Latin America. Until my friend Elisa made alfajores from a kit, I had never heard of them. However, with their sweet dulce de leche centres, I thought that alfajores would be perfect for World Dulce de Leche Day.
The recipe that I used for my alfajores can be found here.
These cookies are quite straight forward to make, and taste delicious. I bought my dulce de leche pre-made to make life easier, but if you make the David Lebovitz baked version, it is easy enough to do and isn't scary (like boiling a tin can be).
Elisa said these cookies were very good. I liked them too - it's hard not to like cookies filled with dulce de leche!
14 comments:
I love dulce de leche, and having it sandwiched between two cookies sounds perfect. I'm sorry I missed the holiday!
never heard of alfajores either but am glad I have now - they sound delicious - will need to check out all the recipes because I love dulce de leche
Mmm. Alfajores are definitely on my to-do list. :)
Perfect! I just bought a jar of dulce de leche and have been bravely resisting opening it and attacking it with a spoon.
Now, I can be much more sensible with it, thanks!
Alfajores are new to me but they sound delicious with dulce de leche. I always make my own as it is not yet sold in the supermarkets.
Alfajores are so good and so sweet! I didn't realise that there was a DDL day though! I also missed Nutella day too. Clearly my calender is one of those boring ones :(
Amanda, I have to confess that with the rest of the jar, I have been attacking it with a spoon!
I could eat dulce de leche daily!
I'd never heard of these cookies, but they look yummy!
Your alfajores Cake Law look perfect and delicious!!! gloria
I tried making alfajores once after a lovely fellow blogger sent me some from South America, yours look like the real deal, mine were somewhat pitiful! Thanks for playing along with World Dulce de Leche Day! :)
Wish I'd known about World Dulce de Leche day. I'd have happily participated!
Sounds (and looks) delicious! I somehow feel that the world is a better place if there is a World Dulce de Leche Day!
Your alfajores look marvelous! I will have to try to remember about Dulce de Leche day for next year.
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