Alfajores Cookies 

My mom doesn't understand english but she watches all your videos and she got sooo excited when she saw that you were doing alfajores. They are very popular in Peru 🇵🇪

I live in Ecuador now. I made these and my Ecuadorian friends loved them!

Omg, as soon as I saw the notification I clicked so fast 😅 In Argentina, we called this "alfajores de maicena" but maicena or maizena is the brand of corn starch. Generally, they are made with only corn starch and a LOT of dulce de leche 😍

John I totally understand you about the cornstarch feeling 🤣

i've made these without the coconut but i like the addition of coconut. my friend who is married to an argentinian man told me they loved them. going to make them and give them to my neighbor who is from south america. happy thanksgiving john and many happy returns of the day.

So interesting to see all the different renditions of Alfajores. My Peruvian mom rolls hers in powdered sugar. Every Christmas she has cookies spread all over her island, filing and rolling them in a long assembly line. Such amazing childhood memories, we would eat them at the pace that she made them. To me, alfajores equals Christmas.

I’m Peruvian and thank you so much for making these! I was hoping one day you would do video. I can’t wait to try them I know they’ll come out delicious!!

I used to live in Argentina 🇦🇷, and it’s been 20 years since I’ve had an Alfajor de maicena. I made your recipe and it was PERFECT. Soooo good!! Thanks John!!

Wow.... Vivan los Alfajores! 🇦🇷

My boyfriend is from Uruguay and thanks to him I discovered alfajores! I absolutely love them

Hello! As an Argentinian I can say for sure you just honored one of our favourite candys! We use a dulce de leche special for bakery, wich is more stiff and allow us to put a scadalous amount in there. Thank you John!!

These are called “alfajores de maicena” in Argentina :)

Heyy! Here in El Salvador 🇸🇻 we just call them “Alfajores” and we usually dip them in sugar glass as well! Just for that extra sweetness ✨🍁

I'm from Argentina and I suggested this recipe over a year ago, not sure if you saw it, lol! The recipe is perfect! I make them and sell them on weekends and they're so popular! I make them thicker, both the dough and the dulce de leche layer, just because here you can get different densities of dulce de leche. The one you have would be the one to spread, but there are two types more dense, made for pastries or baking. And also you can just put that dulce de leche you have in a pot stirring constantly for like 8-12 minutes and it would thicken up! Thanks for making these!!!

I'm a simple argentinian I see an argentina reference on a video's title, I click

These are wildly popular in Chile! My husband is Chilean and I lived there for a bit. Dulce de leche there is called manjar, and it's in all the good desserts!

I’m very excited to see you tried Alfajores. I’m Peruvian (my parents were born there) and I was born in Argentina and I remember always making what we call “ Alfajores con Manjar Blanco ( dulce de leche) with my grandmother. I’m grateful to have learned her recipe and share the memories we had baking these delicious cookies and enjoying it with tea or milk. My grandmother passed away recently from Pulmonary Fibrosis and Covid. ❤️ Thank you for sharing this video and I always look forward to the next. 😄

I love how calm and wholesome John is

I love this! I grew up in 🇵🇪 Peru and always always had them! Nice job! We call Dulce de Leche, Manjar Blanco, but it’s the same thing. 😉

I love the texture of corn starch. It reminds me of Play-Doh, but non-sticky.

Love them without coconut but powdered sugar on top 😋

I can’t believe you are making alfajores😱 it’s a typical treat here in Chile 🇨🇱

Im from argentina and i call them "alfajores de maicena", most of the time they're actually gluten free

Lol!! I like the feel of corn starch!! It’s so smooth and silky!! And when you squeeze it, it makes a weird noise!! 😂🤪

I’m from Uruguay and alfajores were my childhood treat, thanks for making them

Yum! “Such a treat to have with coffee in the morning... in the afternoon... or at nighttime!” I felt that in my soul 😂

you're my favorite baker, thank you for the recipes

I really appreciate the detail and specificity in the closed captions including sounds and prosody. Definitely helps to feel real effort and equal access to great content!

Oh myy I'm from Argentina and I love alfajores de maicena. Can't believe you made this, they look amazing!!! Im such a fan of your videos, keep it up!

I made it today! It’s incredible delicious. The kitchen gets messy but it’s worthy it.

I just made these cookies and they were delicious😋. I didn't have a cookie cutter so I used the small blender cover to get the Oreos round shape😀 and they came out perfect😋

Dear Sir, I love your recipes and there's something sweeter than them, you. 💙 from South America

Me encanta dulce de leche. I enjoy watching your vídeos and it was so nice to hear that your mom is from Mexico. I am mexica too!

I’m making the dulce de leche now and watched a few videos as my daughters South American husbands family loves these, and smaller is better as they are sweet. Your recipe looks exactly what I want!

I actually made some two days ago... They are truly delicious 😋. Greetings from this Chilean girl living in Germany!

Hi John, I made these and my hubby eyes changed color when he tasted this treat. It was that good! Another winning cookie recipe from your playlist!

I worked on a project in Buenos Aires a few years ago. I came home with so many packets of alfajores. I never even thought of making them. But I can now 😀

I live in Mexico and we LOOVEE them! Fav cookies ❤️ Me encantaaa

Thank you, Gracias, etc. This has been my favorite cookie since I visited Patagonia and they were everywhere! But..I love them best with powder sugar and bite-size.

I'm chilean living in the states and my American friend loves them. I make them for him and his family every so often

PERU!!!! YUUUUHHUUUU SIEMPRE PRESENTE EN LA COCINA 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪

This looks AMAZING!!! your my favourite baker of all time! and i love ur recipes you re such an inspiration.

I’m from the Philippines 🇵🇭 and we also have this treat. We also call it Alfajores, the only difference is that the cookies are smaller and thicker in size. Like a perfect bite size.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THESE!! I'M Argentinean and have a baking/cooking channel here on RU-vid. I have been following you for a while and love your recipes, excited to see you already have done dulce de leche and now these!!! yay!!!

I went to Argentina last year and seeing this has reminded me of what I’ve been missing since then!! You have saved me 😍

Never thought my favorite childhood dessert would become trendy in a million years!

Babe i just made your recipe and it went AMAZING

I love alfajores!!! They are delicious!

Omg I’m half Peruvian thank you so much for this.

Greatings from Argentina, we called it "Maicenas"

i’ve become a HUGE preppy kitchen fan over the recent weeks and i’ve made several of your recipes for my thanksgiving and the family LOVED everything ☺️ i’m thinking about making these cookies for my job’s cookie exchange, i’ll sub out the coconut for roasted pecan pieces ❤️

Just made them, delicious! Thank you for the recipe😊

Peru is where I first had these which were made by some precious friends from the church there. These bring back some sweet, literal and emotional, memories for me. When I make them I simply sprinkle with powdered sugar as I had them there. ❤️

I’m from Bolivia and alfajores are very typical from my country too. We have lots of varieties of alfajores, but these ones are sooo good!! I’ll definitely try your recipe, every time I bake them my whole family and friends love them! Thnx a lot for all your recipes John, you rock!

yesss i’m from argentina and i love seeing people from other countries making them!!!! u should do more recipies with dulce de leche🇦🇷🇦🇷💗💗

Just tried the recipe and it almost worked... The dough spreads a lot once in the oven and if you're not a hardcore sweet tooth, half the sugar do pretty fine.

I’m from Argentina and my mom makes these all the time. Delicious.

I went to culinary school a couple of years ago with a woman from Chile. I remember her bringing these with her to class one day for us all to try. They were so yummy!

Omg! I’m Argentinian, we called them Alfajores de maicena, they are delicious! Thank you for mentioning South america!

Made these yesterday!!! I'm not able to eat them myself, but gave them away and got rave reviews! I made my own dulce de leche, and was so excited and had plenty of dulce de leche left, I'm baking more today

I glad to see that you are showing us a great recipe from Argentina, thanks!!🥰🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

Just made these and omg😫 they’re so good, my family loved them.

Yay!! You mentioned my beautiful country Perú!!! Love alfajores and your recipe was amazing! As all of your recipes are! And of course I always enjoy your fantastic personality!!! You are just adorable!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks to you, I made my first dolce de leche. It is so good I had to hide it from myself. Going to try these cookies now!!

I didn't catch how much vanilla to add. Thanks for the recipe! Learning how to make them for my son's wedding, he's marrying someone from Argentina and I thought it would be fun to have these delicious treats.

Your recipes are amazing. I am making your cinnamon rolls and sweat potatoe casserole for thanksgiving Thank u so much for sharing your recipes

OMG! I studied abroad in Argentina and miss these so much! My favorite are from Havana and covered in chocolate 😊

I'm Dominican and I absolutely LOVE alfajores!🤩 They're so good!

Love this recipe Viva El Peru

I am very surprised about this! I didn't know you knew what alfajores were. I'm aregentinian, and this is a native dessert of ours, it is simply delicious. Greetings from Argentina, have a good one John💜

My neighbor brought me some for Christmas and I loved them so much that I was hoarding them😉 I’m going to try to make some. Thank you so much and appreciate you sharing this recipe.

I'm so glad you mentioned your aversion to cornflour...!!!! I've had this same problem for the last 51 years!!! Even with it in its bag in its box.... the feel of it when you have to open it...ughh...!!! I seriously thought I was the only one who suffered from this problem!!! Thank God I'm not bats...!!!

I Love this recipe and I am going to try it. From Guyana 🇬🇾.

Looking good John

I make these all the time now thanks to your tips! Can you please make a podcast !? You have a great and relaxing voice 😅😄

Great! From Argentina, dulce de leche and theses alfajores are perfect....best regards!

I'm from Venezuela and my grandma would make these a little thicker and bigger and they were such a special treat cause they just melt in your mouth. Loved seeing your recipe John! I haven't these in years, I'll probably have to make some of my own

This looks so good. I have seen peoplenfrom Mexico make a similar cookie, but. Made with flour. The cookie is thicker and sprinkeled with sugar before baking, filled the same way, but not rolled in anything.

John, I love your videos!!! you make everyone smile. I have never found a baking youtube channel as good as yours!!!

In Argentina we call these “Alfajores de maicena” and “maicenitas “ I’m so glad you have a recipe for them!

I'm Guatemalan, but we love alfjores with a little bit of powdered sugar on top. So good!

Tu me encantas John! You've reignited that baking spark and just in time for the holidays.

Hi! You are so right these are traditional in South America. I am from Perú, we rolled them in powder sugar. Deliciosos 😋 Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Lovely cookies. Never heard about them ❤️

My ex is from Peru and I always loved these cookies! Although I always detected some star anise in them. I can’t wait to try these!!!

Me encanta Preppy Kitchen!

My husband is from Argentina and weve lived there on and off and we love these alfajores. Especially these ones are his favorites.. im going 4o surprise him with these! He will be so excited! (Luckily we find oue favorite Argentine dulce de leche in a local latin market in Philly!

Peru 🇵🇪 in the house here but I live in the states. I’m going to surprise my family with these alfajores. Especially my mom since this is one of her favorites. I currently have my dulce de leche simmering. I couldn’t wait 3 hours so I put it in my insta pot to speed up the process hopefully. 😬

I'm from Chile and these delicious cookies are very popular there🇨🇱🩷😋 I have a couple of care packages to send from WV to CA and there will be goodie bags with these in'em. Happy holidays!

omg i’m peruvian and i LOVE alfajores... they are my favourite dessert!!! 🤤 tysm for the recipe, i’ll definitely try it

YUM!! I went to Buenos Aires when I was 17, and fell in love with these cookies there - tried to recreate when I got home, but no dice! I'm trying your recipe to see if they capture that memory from 37 years ago!! Thanks John for this jog down memory lane!! ❤️xoxo Amy

These are about to be my favorite cookies! I never heard of them till I was watching this video with Pedro Pascal & John favreau. Now I must try!!!

I´m from Argentina and we like alfajores with as much dulce de leche as possible. Personally I would put so much more but maybe for someone who isn´t used to it, it may be too much.

I'm definitely going to make this alfajores ❤️ I saw one of your videos and you said that you where Greek!! So you are half Greek and Mexican 💖 I am half Greek and Uruguayan. Sending you many blessings, I love all of your videos

I totally agree with the hate for the corn starch feeling. I also kinda love the feeling of flour.

Thank you John! They look delicious. Btw, my parents are from Colombia and we have alfajores there too.

Looks amazing 🤤 saludos desde México 🇲🇽

Love each and every one of your recipes!! Gettings from the Dominican Republic!!!! 💖🌹🇩🇴

OMG!!! I was looking for an excuse to make this. You are my soulmate John, love from Mexico

Happy thanksgiving! Also hi to anyone who saw this!😁