Thanks to Anina2007 – aka Ana – for sharing this! She says: the “alfajor de maicena” is made of two layers of cookies (made with corn starch, eggs, etc) stuck together with lots of dulce de leche and sprinkled with grated coconut. A perfect match for cafe au lait.
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Que delicioso!!! Seriously, one of the BEST tasting things in this world.
You’re right, Andi,they really are delicious!
This is the kind of thing that could make me buy a ticket to Argentina without thinking twice!