{"id":71,"slug":"alfajores-latin-american-sandwich-cookies","title":"Alfajores (Latin American Sandwich Cookies)","description":"Alfajores are a Latin-American sandwich cookie filled with dulce de leche.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup (120 ml) butter","1 cup (240 ml) white granulated sugar","1 egg","2 egg yolks","1 tsp vanilla","2 tsp lemon rind, grated","1½ cup (360 ml) cornstarch","½ cup (120 ml) flour","1 tsp baking powder","¼ tsp salt","Dulce de leche"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","white granulated sugar","egg","egg yolk","vanilla","lemon rind","cornstarch","flour","baking powder","salt","dulce de leche"],"steps":["Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy.","Add egg and egg yolks one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind.","Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to batter and mix well.","Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well-buttered baking sheet.","Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Remove immediately and cool.","Sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche."],"categories":["Cookie recipes","Argentine recipes","Recipes for dessert","Recipes for cookies","Baking recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes using cornstarch","Recipes using dulce de leche","Recipes using egg","Recipes using wheat flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":"40 cookies","difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Alfajores_(Latin_American_Sandwich_Cookies)","source_ref":"4516670","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Alfajores_(Latin_American_Sandwich_Cookies)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"3cdf551d9ff55def2303e29da2f07f0465ffb8c265fed470d13774b8ea80e055","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/alfajores-latin-american-sandwich-cookies"}