Our Alfajores Cookies consist of dulce de leche sandwiched between two buttery shortbreads. We added some fresh rosemary to the shortbread dough to add a little extra kick of flavor to these classic Spanish cookies. Our photographer John said these cookies were the absolute best thing he’s eaten at Imperfect! We eat a lot of cookies here, so that says a lot.
Be sure to save any leftover rosemary sprigs for a deliciously herby infused olive oil or this all-purpose spray.
Makes 24 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cup corn starch
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp minced fresh rosemary
- 1 cup dulce de leche
Directions
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, mixing until completely incorporated each time. Add vanilla extract and mix well.
- Scrape sides of bowl with a rubber spatula and add cornstarch, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt and rosemary. Beat on low until soft dough forms. Do not overmix.
- Divide dough in two equal parts and flatten each part into discs. Wrap each disc tightly with beeswax wraps or parchment paper. Chill for an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to ¼ inch thick. Use a circle cookie cutter to cut dough and place on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 8 minutes, rotating halfway through. Cool completely on the pan.
- Pipe dulce de leche onto half of the cookies. Place the other half of the cookies on top of the dulce de leche to form sandwiches.
Recipe Notes and Variations
- If you loved these Rosemary Alfajores Cookies, be sure to check out the rest of the sweet treats in our Cookies From Around the World series like our Kourabiedes.
8 Comments
Katy
December 12, 2021 at 6:51 pmWe made these cookies tonight and WOW! Delicious! We ended up baking the cookies for 9 minutes – 8 minutes left them a little doughy. Great recipe!
Imperfect
December 18, 2021 at 4:18 pmSo glad you loved these! And we’re so honored to be a part of your holiday celebrating! 🤗💚
Linda Stettler
December 13, 2021 at 9:52 pmFirst time making these savory cookies and unfortunately they didn’t work out. Despite my better judgement, I let them cool completely on the baking sheet as per instructions, but they stuck like glue. Instead of 58 sandwich cookies I have 12 with a pile of crumbles. Next time I’ll bake them on pans lined with parchment paper.
Imperfect
December 21, 2021 at 11:36 amOh no, we’re so sorry to hear that they stuck to the sheet. Parchment paper is a really good tip for these for sure!
Anne
December 14, 2021 at 7:04 amI tried this recipe and have a couple comments. First, be sure to grease your baking sheets. This wasn’t made explicit in the instructions and left me with a lot of broken cookies. Second, my cookies were not completely cooked at 8 minutes when 1/4″ thick. I recommend 10-12 min.
Imperfect Foods
January 12, 2022 at 3:51 pmThanks so much for giving it a try, we’re so happy to hear your feedback!
Emily
January 4, 2022 at 7:58 pmThese were super popular this holiday! Used parchment paper on the baking sheet, cuz these tend to stick. Made into fun xmas 🎄 shapes.
Imperfect
January 8, 2022 at 2:37 pmSo happy that they were such a hit! 😍✨