Dainty Little Pistachio Alfajores
by Adrianna Adarme on Jun 14, 2019
In pistachio alfajores, making the dulce de leche from scratch can be time consuming but we have a shortcut for this step.
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One of my favorite cookies from childhood are Alfajores. These are a play on that Peruvian classic that I love so much. The finely chopped pistachios in the shortbread cookies give it such nice texture. I used super fancy pistachios that I brought back from Italy. They were reaching their expiration date and I desperately needed to add them to something of value, something that was worthy of their deliciousness—I found it!
As much as I love making the manjar blanco/dulce de leche from scratch, I also love the shortcut too. And the shortcut is amazing. A lot of companies who sell sweetened condensed milk also sell dulce de leche in the can and it makes for an easy breezy cookie-making experience—I recommend it!
Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.