Recipe
Traditional Shortening Alfajores
A delicate, crumbly texture that melts at first touch, letting rich **manjar blanco** take the lead. A nostalgic Peruvian tea-time classic where **shortening** creates a tender, dry, perfectly delicate cookie. Simple, elegant, and deeply traditional.
What you need
Ingredients
- 1 cupVegetable Shortening
- 0.33 tspTable Salt
- 0.7 cupPowdered Sugar
- 1 tspVanilla Extract
- 1 cupCornstarch
Per serving
Nutrition
- kcal
- 407
- fat g
- 20.71
- carbs g
- 50.29
- fiber g
- 0.63
- protein g
- 4.62