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Alfajores de Maicena

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients: 7 oz. butter 7 oz. sugar 2-3 tbsp. Cognac, Brandy or even Cointreau will work 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 lemon – zest only 1 whole egg 3 yolks 1.75 cups Maicena (corn starch) 5 oz. all-purpose flour (and more when kneading/forming the dough) 1 tsp.

Dulce de Leche

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients: 6 cans of sweetened condensed milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Directions Take the paper off the can so it does not melt away in the boiling water. Put the cans of condensed milk on top of a metal ring or dish towel in a deep heavy