Can I do the next star one? – Miss J, 2
These pretty, caramel filled sugar cookies are super quick and simple to make. They’re great fun to make with the kids – all you need is some basic cookie ingredients, a jar of dulce de leche and some cookie cutters. The resulting cookies are sweet, crumbly and delicious.
Makes 24 cookies.
Ingredients
- 110g slightly salted butter, grated
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 medium free range egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 250g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 jar of dulce de leche
- A baking sheet
- Greaseproof paper
- Cookie cutters
Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fully combined
- Fold in the flour and baking powder until you can knead it into a smooth dough
- Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for an hour
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan assisted)
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 3mm thick and cut out 12 complete rounds and 12 with a shape punched in the centre. I used this Cake Boss Linzer cookie cutter set which works brilliantly and is great for little hands, but you could get a similar effect with one large cookie cutter and one small one
- Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper – I did mine in two batches
- Bake for 6-8 minutes until just starting to colour
- Remove from the oven and cool on wire rack
- When cool, cover each of the complete rounds in about 1/2-1 tsp of dulce de leche, then top with a punched round to complete, taking care to line up the edges if you used a frilled cutter
If you like the thought of a dulce de leche desserts, why not also try these Dime bar & Dulce de Leche cupcakes, these Espresso Ice Cream with Dulce de Leche, this Caramel Biscuit Cake, this Caramel Banana Ice Cream and these Dulce de Leche Filled Muffins.
Cake Boss sent me the cookie cutters
Beautiful cookies!! Love the idea of usuing dulce de leche
If I could I’d grab a few right now
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These are far too tempting to be safe around me – and I’m not even a ‘sweet person!’ Really pro looking, too.
These are so cute! I’ve never made them before because they never sounded as delicious as the effort involved, but these actually look like something I would like to eat.
Wow – I NEED to make these!
Oh *wow*! Linzer cookies are nice and all… but these are a definite improvement on the original! Gorgeous pic too :)
Oh these sound just gorgeous, I’m putting them on my must make list.
Yum, I even have cookie cutters like that and have always wanted to try dulce de leche! Pinned :)
These look delicious and simple to make. I’m sure grandparents would love them as a gift!
These look so indulgent. I love dulce de leche as a treat :)
Love these they look amazing!
These are stunning! I tend not to buy things like dulce de leche (because I’d end up eating the whole lot with a spoon…) but I might have to make an exception for these :)
Oh heavens… I’m pretty sure I’d eat the entire batch of these. The kids wouldn’t get a look in!
Oh these are too gorgeous! Definitely an improvement on the original ;)
What a great recipe to try out with the kids before the end of the school holidays, especially now the weather has turned miserable!
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These look lovely. I don’t think I have ever heard of dulce de leche though. I will have to see if I can find it