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Alfajores Atoradores

Alfajores Atoradores with Molasses

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A traditional Chilean cookie.

  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 35

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 5 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter

for the molasses filling,

  • 225 grams of panela or piloncillo
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup toasted flour
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
  • zest of 1/2 orange optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
  2. Put flour in a large bowl.
  3. Add the egg yolks and work with a fork or your hands to form crumbs. Add milk, vinegar, and melted butter. Form a soft dough, and add water, if necessary, by teaspoons.
  4. Knead to a smooth dough for about 10 minutes. Wrap in plastic wrap and rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
  5. Roll thin, cut the Alfajores, prick with a fork, and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
    Cutting the wafers
  6. You can save the Alfajores cookies without filling them in an airtight tin for up to 1 week and freeze them for up to 2 months. Once fill is best to eat them the same day.
    Baked alfajores
  7. Place the chopped or grated molasses (panela) in a saucepan, add water and cook over medium heat, occasionally stirring, until all the molasses is melted. Add the orange zest. Add the flour slowly, stirring all the time with a wire whisk. Boil gently for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add chopped nuts.
    Chancaca slowing dissolving cooking molasses adding walnut to the filling molasses filling
  8. Cool and fill Alfajores.
    Molasses Alfajores
Alfajores Atoradores
  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Cookies
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Chilean