Dulce de leche ice cream sandwiches
Sandwiches
This past week my family welcomed its newest member, the first in sixteen years, my cousin, Isabella Olivia. The minute I heard she entered the world, two things immediately happened. Firstly, I decided that I’d call her “Bella” (I’m a serious nickname giver), and secondly, my mind began racing thinking about all the amazing adventures that await her. I wish I could follow her around and be there to see her experience all sorts of stuff for the first time. Simple stuff…like eating a strawberry, seeing the beach, seeing elephants at the zoo…and trying her mother’s Alfajores for the first time. You see, Isabella’s mother, my aunt, was taught how to make Alfajores by my great aunt who owns a humble, little bakery in the suburbs of Lima, Peru. Every morning, before dawn, they wake up and bake and talk and bake and talk. This morning tradition has been going on for forty-something years. Their best selling dessert is their Alfajores. I’ve been gifted the recipe by my aunt, and unfortunately was made to pinky swear to never share it with anyone, except for my future daughter or son. I’m not going to lie, this recipe and that recipe have …
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