Alfajores de chocolate – dulce de leche cookies

Ingredients

• 200 g plain flour
• 50 g cornflour (cornstarch)
• 20 g cocoa
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 120 g softened butter
• 80 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar
• 250 g thick dulce de leche
• 250 g dark cooking chocolate
• 1 tbsp neutral oil

Method

1. 1Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Stir in egg and vanilla sugar. Fold in flour, cornflour, cocoa and baking powder.
2. 2Chill the dough for 30 minutes. Roll to 4 mm thick between baking paper and cut out 24 circles about 6 cm wide.
3. 3Bake at 175 °C for 9–11 minutes and cool completely on a wire rack.
4. 4Sandwich cookies in pairs with dulce de leche. Chill for 20 minutes.
5. 5Gently melt chocolate over a water bath and stir in oil. Dip the sandwich cookies, let excess drip off and place on baking paper until set.