Homemade Cookies with Dulce de Leche Filling

Posted on Jul 20, 2014

Juliana Alonso Dorola of <a href="http://amzn.to/1jicfzn">"101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone"</a> was the winner of a best cookie contest with her homemade Argentine Dulce de Leche Cookies. Ingredients: - 3/4 cup butter - 3/4 cup sugar - 3 egg yolks - 2 Tbsp. rum extract - 1 1/2 cups flour - 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp. cornstarch - 1 Tbsp. instant yeast - Dulce de leche for filling - Caramel sauce or powdered sugar

Step 1

Beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add egg yolks, beating one at a time, until completely incorporated. Add rum extract and mix until combined.

Step 2

Sift dry ingredients together and add to wet mixture. Combine well and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Step 3

Roll out chilled dough on a floured surface to 1/8- to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into small circles with a cookie cutter.

Step 4

Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Step 5

Spread dulce de leche filling in the middle of one cookie and top with another cookie. Drizzle with caramel sauce or dust with powdered sugar.

Step 6

This recipe is excerpted with permission from <a href="http://amzn.to/1jicfzn">"101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone"</a> by Wendy Paul and published by Cedar Fort, Inc.