Best Gluten Free Sandwich Cookies With Dulce De Leche Alfajores Recipes

ALFAJORES (DULCE DE LECHE SANDWICH COOKIES)

Steps:

• Mix flour, confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a bowl. Place butter in a separate bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until soft and fluffy. Add white sugar and vanilla and mix well.
• Add flour mixture to the bowl with the butter mixture in 3 stages; mix until just blended. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log. Refrigerate dough logs until firm, about 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Slice dough logs into 1/4-inch cookies and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until just starting to turn golden around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool on the pan for 1 minute. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes more.
• Use a knife to apply a generous amount of dulce de leche on one cookie. Sandwich another cookie on top and place on a serving tray. Repeat with remaining cookies and dulce de leche. Lightly dust finished cookies with confectioners' sugar.

GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, stir together flour blend, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. On low speed, gradually beat in flour blend mixture until combined. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and enough cream to make a spreadable filling. Spread about 1 tablespoon filling on bottoms of half of the cookies. Top with remaining cookies.

ALFAJORES (DULCE DE LECHE SANDWICH CRèME COOKIES)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup of the coconut, the pecans, butter and egg until stiff dough forms.
• On floured surface, roll half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch round or fluted cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining half of dough.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.
• To make each sandwich cookie, spread about 2 teaspoons dulce de leche on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together so some of filling seeps out around edges. Roll edges in remaining 1/2 cup coconut. Place cookies on cooling rack.
• Sprinkle tops of sandwich cookies with powdered sugar. Store between sheets of waxed paper in tightly covered container.