translated from Spanish: Queen Maxima Zorreguieta turns birthday and surprised with an Argentine recipe: cornstarch alphajores

Although she has been married to Prince William of the Netherlands for 18 years and has lived outside the country for more than 20 years, Máxima Zorreguieta does not forget her roots. Thus he showed it again to the world this Sunday, in which he is celebrating his 49th birthday, with an astonishing publication that reflected, once again, his spontaneity. The queen of Holland herself put her hands in the dough and cooked an Argentine classic; cornstarch alphajores. “At this moment I celebrate my birthday at home with a typical Argentinian delicacy: Alfajores of sweet milk. I grew up with Alfajores, they’re my favorite cookies! I bake them according to my mother’s recipe, which I would like to share with you,” Max wrote.Best of all, which is then shared the recipe so that his more than 81,000 followers can prepare them.
Queen Maxima’s recipe
Biscuit ingredients300 gr. cornstarch
200 gr. flour
200 gr. of butter (at room temperature)
150g sugar
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons yeast powder
A pinch of vanilla powder
Zest of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon cognac
Filling: Sweet milk (prepared or homemade with condensed milk and sugar) and shredded coconutPreshing the oven at 160o. Mix all dry ingredients with soft butter in a bowl. Add the egg yolks and brandy and knead by hand on a firm dough. Form the dough and let rest for about an hour. Sometimes it seems that the dough doesn’t stick, then add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice!
Roll the dough on the counter and give it a thickness of between 5 and 7 mm. Cut circles of dough (with a glass) about 4 cm in diameter.
Place the circles on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, approximately 2 cm apart.
Bake the cookies at 160 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
The cookies should fade a little, not too much, otherwise they will dry too much and break. When the cookies are ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool. Always glue two cookies with a layer of sweet milk. Spread the sweet milk well to the brim. Then decorate the edges with shredded coconut.
The Alpha-Young Milk Candy are ready: enjoy!

Original source in Spanish