Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2012

I had to add and extra 1/4 cup butter and an additional egg yolk to make the dough workable. The cookie part is ok but next time I think I will replace it with shortbread.

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L. Adams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2012

I loved it the only thing is that I added 1/2cup more of butter and 1 more egg but they are really grate

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ALEJANDRA CASTILLO

Cooking Level: Professional

Living In: Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2012

The dough is very crumbly as others noted. I managed to make cookies out of half of the dough but it was very slow so I decided to add the egg whites to the rest of the dough but after baking these did not taste as good as the ones without the egg whites. I used the tip about boiling a can of evaporated milk for 2 hours for the dulce de leche since I couldn't find it. It worked pretty well but I would probably boil it for 3 hours so it would be thicker. Also, I made the cookie sandwiches as suggested but then started using 1 cookie topped with the dulce de leche and coconut, which tasted alot better.

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nawlins lady

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

this recipe is good the only thing is to make it easier ,my recipe is almost the same just the vanilla rum is not need instead 1/2 teaspoon vanilla rum and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla ,just 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and the lemon extract and zest no , just 1 lemon medium size only the skin grated is perfect for the amount in this recipe . Now for those people that are saying that is to crumbly it suppose to be like that just treat the dough gently and the dulce the leche is suppose to be at room temperature and again use soft touch not rough to put the dulce the leche on the cookies I know when my husband makes they break but he says ,when you do it they don't break ,then I say is because I do it with care softly that's all , by the way the 3 yolks eggs is perfect I always make them like that I am Argentinian and everybody love my alfajores they say they are the best .

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myrnagonzalez

Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2011

Did not like these at all. Something about the texture..

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andrea92fl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dothan, Alabama, USA

Living In: Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

Reviewed: May 27, 2011

My daughter and I made these for a Spanish project she had to do for Argentina. They turned out great and melted in your mouth! We used 3 whole eggs, instead of just the yolks, and the dough was easy to work with and we had no problems with it being crumbly or sandy. Instead of rolling them in coconut, we covered with powdered sugar. Delicious!

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April

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2011

This was very tasty, but I dont know if its worth the effort. I added an extra egg yolk as suggested by other reviewers and it was still quite crumbly. Because it was so crumbly, and because the Dulce de leche was so sticky, it was a bit difficult to put together. It was also difficult to roll because of the crumblyness. In all, 5 stars for taste, but I probably wont make again.

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Ilikefrenchies

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2011

I made this with a friend for a Spanish class project. They were really yummy! We added a fourth egg and the dough was fairly easy to roll out.

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paulab

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2011

Hi Chris, I actually had a question about this recipe - is it really 2 1/2 CUPS of cornstarch? Or is that supposed to be teaspoons? Just checking as I really want to make these cookies! Thanks. Val

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grubber

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2011

I too had trouble with the dough being sandy. I managed to get them pressed together with much difficulty. I decided to just bake 6 and see how it went. When I baked, cooled and tried to ice those 6 with the dulce de leche, they crumbled. I added one extra egg yolk and a litte water to the remaining dough. With those additions, the dough worked fine. They tasted delicious!

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