Alfajores are a sweet delicacy consisting of two crunchy tops and an unctuous filling. In general, they are usually made with high-calorie and low-nutrition ingredients, such as large amounts of sugar, butter, chocolate, etc. However, this time, we want to teach you how to prepare a healthier version with a better fat profile, low glycemic index flours, and less sugar (which you can even avoid). An ideal recipe for those looking to eat healthy, lose weight or have diabetes, since they provide fewer calories than classic alfajores, are very satiating and do not raise blood sugar much.
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In this article we teach you how to make oatmeal and coconut alfajores. Don’t miss them!
Ingredients to make oatmeal and coconut Alfajores:
- ½ cup of whole wheat flour (65 grams)
- ½ cup flour 000 (65 grams)
- ½ cup of oatmeal (65 grams)
- 1 egg
- 30 cubic centimeters of oil
- 30 grams of sugar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- For the filling:
- caramel sauce
- grated coconut
How to make oatmeal and coconut Alfajores:
- To start with the recipe for oatmeal and coconut alfajores, first beat the sugar with the oil, the egg and the vanilla essence to dissolve the sugar crystals.
- If you want to replace sugar with sweetener, you can use about 3 sachets of any suitable for cooking. Next, turn the oven on to 160ºC to preheat.
- Tip: you can also flavor these alfajores with the essence or zest of some citrus.
- Add the oat flour. Remember that if you do not have flour, you can use 1 cup of rolled oats and process them, since they will reduce to half a cup of flour. Book it.
- Mix the rest of the dry ingredients, that is, the whole wheat flour, 000 with the baking powder and a pinch of salt.
- Trick:you can also add about 3 tablespoons of grated coconut to the preparation of the dough for your alfajores.
- Integrate the mixture with oats and flourto form the dough for the alfajores. Make sure to make as few movements as possible so as not to develop the gluten and that these caps remain like broken dough.
- Take the dough to the clean and floured allowance to stretch it, approximately half a centimeter.
- With a round cutter, make the caps for your alfajores and arrange them in a previously greased and floured roasting pan.
- Cook the tapas for about 5 or 6 minutes in the oven that you had preheated to 160 ºC. The base should be slightly golden and the dough slightly tender.
- When they are cold, spread one of the cookies with the dulce de leche and overlap another to form the alfajor.
- Apply some pressure so that the dulce de leche comes out of the edges.
- Now is the time to use the second star ingredient in this recipe: coconut. Likewise, cover the edges of your healthy alfajores with the coconut and that’s it.
