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Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Name: Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Yield: Makes about 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, blanched almonds; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces; 213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup (3/4 ounces; 21 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2/3 cup (4 2/3 ounces; 132 grams), granulated sugar; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 2 large, egg yolks; 2 tablespoons, coffee liqueur; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 cup, dulce de leche

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Holiday

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These Christmas Eve chocolate sandwich cookies are infused with the rich flavors of Dutch-processed cocoa, coffee liqueur, and dulce de leche.

SERVESMakes about 20 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 40 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The secret to the distinct flavor of these Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies is the dulce de leche filling. Sandwiching the rich dulce de leche between two cookies ensured the bold flavors of the filling didn't overpower the chocolaty ...

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