Alphacornes (Alfajores + Extra Corn)

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   ["Preheat the oven to 425u00b0 F (220u00b0 C)", "Pour the two cans of organic sweetened condensed milk a glass pie plate or shallow baking dish.", "Stir in a few flecks of sea salt.", "Set the pie plate within a larger pan, such as a roasting pan, and add hot water until it reaches halfway up the side of the pie plate.", "Cover the pie plate snugly with aluminum foil or a lid if you have one and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. (Check a few times during baking and add more water to the roasting pan as necessary).", "Once the Dulce de Leche is nicely browned and caramelized, remove from the oven and let cool.", "For the Cookies...

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   Combine the whole-wheat flour, corn flour, baking soda and baking powder.", "Cream the butter with the sugar. Add the egg yolks, the vanilla extract, the whiskey, the lemon extract and the crushed corn.", "Add this cream to the dry ingredients making a hole in the middle of the flour and making a crumbly dough using a spoon. When you see that the dough is cohesive enough, make a ball with your hands pressing the different pieces together.", "Cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 30-60 minutes (30 is usually enough if you are in a hurry). Roll out the dough carefully flouring the counter until it gets around 1/4 inch thick. Cut with a round cutter, and repeat joining the scraps again and again until you ve used all the dough.", "Preheat the oven to 350u00b0F", "Place on a stone baking sheet and bake for around 15 minutes, checking frequently. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.", "Place a dollop of dulce de leche on the bottom side of one cookie and cover with a second cookie. Roll the outside edge of dulce de leche in the unsweetened coconut flakes.", "Serve and enjoy! (and probably clean up some sticky fingers and faces)"]

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.