ALFAJORES DE MAIZENA BOLIVIANOS

Finally I can bake, I loved this biscuit they are very popular in my city Santa Cruz Bolivia, I remember when I had this for first time I couldn't stop eating and for that I always got in trouble.

Alfajores son muy populares en Santa Cruz-Bolivia,creo que los espanoles los copiaron de los arabes llevandolos a Suramerica, la primers vez que los probe fueron en el snack que mi madre tenia, una senora los hacia para que nosotros los revendieramos, llevan dulce de leche y en algunos lugares son rellenados con majablano, clro que los argentinos los banan en chocolate

INGREDIENTS

200 gs butter

1 cup of sugar

3 yolks

1 teaspoon of rum

1 Teaspoon vanilla

lemon zest

11/2 cup of flour

2 teaspoon of baking powder

11/2 cornflour

caramel 

coconut to decorate

Preaparation:

Beat the butter with the sugar until cream and ligh add one by one the yolks continue beating add the rum, vanilla, lemon zest, sift the flour with the baking powder and the cornflour mix all together with a wooden spoon, leave to rest after 10 minutes roll the pastry and cut small disc cook in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes once cook add the caramel in the meddle of 2 disc past through grated coconut.Enjoy 

Tip the pastry is very soft use flour to avoid sticking in the hands.

BRAZO GITANO O ROLLO DULCE/GIPSY'S ARM

I loved this roll ,doesn't have any butter and little flour.My mother used to bake it nearly everyday was very popular in the coffe shoop

People decorate in many ways,caramel on the top and after sprinkled with icing sugar

or my way caramel in the middle and condensed milk with coconut on the top 

Ingredients

6 eggs

6 spoon of sugar

6 spoon of flour

1 teaspoon of baking powder

desicated coconut for decoration

1 teaspoon of vanilla 

caramel

condensed milk

Preparation:

Heat the oven at 180 celsius, lien with parchment paper a 45 X28 cms rectangular baking try.

In a container sift the dry ingredients, flour,baking powder salt.

Beat the eggs slow for 2 minutes add slowly add the sugar, increase the speed of your mixer beating until creamed,once the eggs are double their size add the vanilla,beat for 2 minutes more, remove from the mixer.

add your flour to the cream, mixing very slow with a wooden spoon.Pour the mixture in your bakint try cook for about 15 minutes once the cake is brown or with a stick tested if is ready.

The next has to be done very quick get ready your caramel, remove the cake from your oven and very quickly spreed the caramel on the top and make the roll by rolling carefully peeling the paper in the same time.Once is done you can spreed the top with condensed milk and sprinkle the coconut.

let it to rest for 10 minutes and served with your favorite drink.