Chocolate alfajores Recipe (Ready in 95 Min)

A crowd-pleasing Uruguayan dessert built around unsweetened cocoa, dulce de leche and orange — roughly 95 minutes start to finish, and rated involved to make. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 13 steps.

You'll mainly reach for oven and baking sheet. At involved difficulty across 13 steps, it's worth setting aside proper time for. As written, it's meat-free.

How to make it

For the cookies cream the butter with the sugar for a few minutes.
Then add the egg and honey and mix well.
Add flour, cornstarch, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder and mix until you get a dough.
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least half an hour or overnight.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
Divide dough into two parts, put one part back in the fridge before using.
Roll out second part to about 2 millimeters and cut out round cookies with 5-6 centimeters in diameter.
This can be done with a cookie cutter or glass.
You should get 30 cookies in total or even more, I get about 40.
Bake one baking sheet at the time for about 8-10min.
Let cookies cool.
For the filling look for two cookies of the same size and place about one teaspoon of dulce de leche onto the bottom one before sandwiching together.
Chop semi-sweet chocolate and melt with butter and orange zest on low heat. Dunk each sandwich cookie into the chocolate and let cool off on parchment paper before serving.

You'll use: Oven · Baking sheet

Ingredient substitutions

Butter: olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Honey: maple syrup · agave
Cornstarch: 2 tbsp flour per 1 tbsp cornstarch (as thickener)
Milk: any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water

Tips & common questions

How long does Chocolate alfajores take to make?

About 95 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 13 steps and 13 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.

What can I use instead of butter?

Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.

Can I scale this recipe up or down?

Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.

Is Chocolate alfajores vegetarian?

Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.