Alfajores

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 200 g unsalted butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 5 cups plain flour
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (385 g) can sweetened condensed milk (cooked)
• 300 g chocolate, for coating

Recipe

• 1 first of all cook the condensed milk. i prefer to do it in a pressure cooker; i find it safer. here is what i do. fill the pressure cooker with water to cover the condensed milk can inside. place the cooker on the stove top and when it starts to boil count the time; 30 minutes is enough.
• 2 let it cool completely.
• 3 it is very dangerous to open the can when it is hot. the hot sweet mixture inside will come out like a jet and it burns very badly.
• 4 for the biscuit:.
• 5 cream butter with sugar, egg and yolks in an electric mixer using the whisk attachment.
• 6 in another bowl mix flour, honey, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and vanilla. mix this into the butter mixture.
• 7 work the dough until smooth.
• 8 let it rest for 30 minutes.
• 9 on a floured board and using a rolling pin, roll the dough to a half (1/2) cm thickness.
• 10 with a round (5cm) biscuit cutter, cut biscuits and place on a prepared baking sheet.
• 11 bake for 10 minutes in a medium oven (180°c).
• 12 they should be light brown when done.
• 13 let it cool on a wire rack.
• 14 when the biscuits are cold, spread some of the "dolce de leche" (about 1 tsp for every two biscuits) and cover with another, making a sandwich.
• 15 set aside.
• 16 melt the chocolate by placing it in a bowl over hot water, not boiling water.
• 17 after the chocolate has melted bring it to the right temperature (you should feel it kind of icy when placed on your lips) for coating.
• 18 drop each biscuit in the melted chocolate, lift with a fork, taking care to take off all the excess.
• 19 place the covered biscuit on parchment paper and let it dry.
• 20 enjoy!