🇨🇱 Chilean Cuisine

Alfajor Chileno

Chilean Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookie

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 12

Difficulty Easy

Calories 206 kcal

Delicate, crumbly shortbread cookies sandwiched with manjar (dulce de leche) and rolled in shredded coconut or powdered sugar — Chile's classic tea-time sweet.

Ingredients

200g all-purpose flour
150g cornstarch
100g butter, softened
80g powdered sugar
3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
300g manjar (dulce de leche)
Shredded coconut or powdered sugar for rolling

Instructions

1 Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and vanilla.
2 Sift flour, cornstarch, and baking powder. Fold into butter mixture to form soft dough.
3 Chill 30 min. Roll to 5mm thick, cut rounds.
4 Bake at 170C for 10-12 min until set but pale.
5 Cool completely. Sandwich pairs with manjar.
6 Roll edges in coconut or dust with powdered sugar.

Did You Know?

Chileans call dulce de leche "manjar" — arguing about whether manjar or Argentine dulce de leche is superior is a common cross-Andes debate.