The alfajor — a kind of cookie sandwich — is an entirely different cookie depending on where you find it. In Spain, it could be a Christmas cookie of honey, almonds and spices. In South America, it’s ...

Of all the recipes my Peruvian mother prepared for my twin sister, Carla, and me over the years, alfajores (dulce de leche sandwich cookies) have always stood out the most in mind. My mom passed away ...

This Alfajores recipe are a classic South American cookie. Silky smooth manjar blanco (dulce de leche) is sandwiched in ...

Growing up in Chile under a dictatorship, Pilar Hernandez knew only home cooking as a child—because of curfews, she and her family stayed home at night. She went to medical school in her home country ...

HOUSTON – Serving Christmas sweets is the best way to spread holiday cheer. And we are always looking for new easy recipes for you to try at home. We discovered the queen cookie in South America: ...

Satisfy the chocolate lovers in your life by adding cocoa and orange zest to the batter and dipping the cookie in a bath of semi-sweet chocolate. Chocolate and Vanilla Alfajores were the Technical ...

For Shortbread: Heat oven to 300 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift together flour and salt. In a mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter until fluffy. Add sugar, and ...

This recipe originally appeared in the November 2018 issue. For our November 2018 “Feast Around the World” feature, we asked five of the state’s top chefs to create festive meals to serve this season.

I ate alfajores daily when I was in Argentina, grabbing a packet of the foil-wrapped confection whenever I saw one: at cafes, markets, gas stations, the concession stand at the zoo. The sandwich ...

Long before Buenos Aires, Argentina gave us Francis I, it gave us alfajores, a sandwich made from two soft sugar cookies held together with dulce de leche (milk-based caramel) and sprinkled with ...

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