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If you have come to Peru and have tried the manjarblanco alfajores (or if you prepared it), you’ll know how tasty it is. Well, for this weekend we have a variation: the sweet potato alfajores. It hasn’t manjarblanco, but a delicious stuffing made with sweet potato, egg yolks and sweet wine. Don’t lose it, it’s easy! this recipe is for 6 people.

Ingredients:

Cookies:

• 300 g (11 oz) of flour
• 200 g (7 oz) of corn starch
• 6 tablespoons of butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup of fresh milk
• 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar

Stuffing:

• 1 kg (2.2 lb) of sweet potatoes
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 kg (1 lb) of sugar
• 3/4 of sweet wine

Preparation:

Cookies:

Sift the flour with the starch and mix with the butter using a fork. Make a space in the middle, add the yolks, milk and powdered sugar. Knead. Stretch, cut in circles and put them in a greased tin. Bake to 160º C (320º F) for 20 minutes.

Stuffing:

Cook the sweet potatoes, peel and blend them. In a pot, mix it with the beaten yolks and the sugar. Wait for some minutes, pour the wine and cook 3 minutes more.

Spread a cookie generously with the stuffing and cover with another cookie. You can roll the sides by ground soda cookies. Serve.

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