In Buenos Aires, we take two soft shortbread cookies and join them together with a generous heap of creamy dulce de leche that melts in your mouth...it's a perfect bite.
The word "alfajor" comes from the Arabic "al-hasú" meaning: filled or stuffed. While alfajores originated in Moorish Spain, they hopped the pond to South America where they flourished, to say the least.
Choose a box of 4, 8, or 16