Alfajores (Argentine Cookies)

(credit to Scott Bear)

Ingredients:
* 12 tablespoons butter
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 egg
* 2 egg yolks
* 2 1/2 cups cornstarch
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* Zest of 1/2 lemon
* 2 cans Dulce de Leche (you can buy it or make it)
* Grated coconut

DIRECTIONS:

To make cookie dough:
Cream the butter and sugar together, then mix in the remaining ingredients except the dulce de leche and coconut until well blended. Knead on a floured work surface until the dough is smooth and let rest for 15 minutes. The dough will be dry--that's perfectly normal.

Make the cookies:
Roll the dough out to a thickness of about 1/4 inch and cut into 2-inch rounds. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 300°F oven for 17-20 minutes. When cool, spread some dulce de leche on the bottom of half the cookies and press another cookie on top, allowing some of the dulce de leche to squeeze from the sides (don't skimp--it's the best part). Roll the sides in the coconut until the sides are covered.

Makes about 12-15 delicious, definitely non low calorie cookies!