Estas bolachas com doce de leite são pequenas delícias que combinam uma massa achocolatada rica com o sabor cremoso e doce do leite condensado cozido. A decoração com stencil adiciona um toque profissional e festivo, transformando biscoitos simples numa sobremesa elegante perfeita para ocasiões especiais.

Ingredientes

Massa

  • 3/4 chávena de farinha, mais um pouco para a altura de estender a massa
  • 1/4 chávena de cacau em pó
  • pitada de sal
  • 1/4 colher (chá) de fermento
  • 2 colheres (sopa) de manteiga à temperatura ambiente
  • 1/4 chávena de açúcar amarelo
  • 1/4 chávena de açúcar branco
  • 1 ovo grande e uma gema
  • 100 gr de chocolate preto
  • 1/2 colher (chá) de essência de baunilha

Recheio

  • Leite condensado cozido q.b.

Decoração

  • Stencil Halloween
  • Açúcar em pó q.b.

Preparação

  1. Peneirar a farinha, cacau, sal, fermento e reservar. Bater a manteiga e os açúcares com a batedeira a velocidade média até se obter um preparado fofo e cremoso.
  2. Adicionar o ovo, a gema, o chocolate derretido e a essência de baunilha e continuar a bater. Reduzir a velocidade. Juntar a mistura peneirada anteriormente e bater até estar tudo misturado.
  3. Colocar o preparado num recipiente, cobrir com papel aderente e levar ao frigorífico por 1hora.
  4. Pré-aquecer o forno. Numa bancada polvilhada com farinha, esticar a massa com a ajuda de um rolo (eu acrescentei mais um pouco de farinha à massa pois estava quebradiça).
  5. Cortar a massa com o cortador de bolachas e pôr no tabuleiro forrado com papel vegetal untado. Levar ao forno por 10 min.
  6. Colocar as bolachas numa grade para arrefecer. Em metade das bolachas pôr o desenho recortado e, com um passador, peneirar o açúcar em pó por cima. Nas outras metades, colocar o leite condensado e cobrir com a bolacha decorada.

Here’s the English version of these delightful dulce de leche sandwich cookies below

Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies

These indulgent chocolate sandwich cookies filled with silky dulce de leche are pure sophistication in cookie form. The rich, fudgy chocolate base provides the perfect contrast to the sweet, caramelised milk filling, whilst the decorative stencil work transforms them from simple treats into elegant petit fours worthy of any dessert table.

What makes these cookies particularly special is the texture combination – the tender, slightly crumbly chocolate cookie yields to reveal the luscious, creamy dulce de leche centre. The technique of chilling the dough ensures clean, precise shapes when cutting, whilst the stencil decoration adds a professional patisserie touch. These cookies are perfect for gift-giving, special occasions, or whenever you want to create something truly memorable.

Ingredients

**Dough**

  • ¾ cup flour, plus extra for rolling
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons butter at room temperature
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 large egg and 1 yolk
  • 100g dark chocolate
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla essence

Filling

  • Cooked condensed milk (dulce de leche) to taste

Decoration

  • Halloween stencil
  • Icing sugar to taste

Method

  1. Sift the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder and set aside. Beat the butter and sugars with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
  2. Add the egg, yolk, melted chocolate and vanilla essence and continue beating. Reduce speed. Add the previously sifted mixture and beat until everything is combined.
  3. Place the mixture in a container, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  4. Preheat the oven. On a floured work surface, roll out the dough with a rolling pin (I added a little more flour to the dough as it was crumbly).
  5. Cut the dough with a cookie cutter and place on a baking tray lined with greased baking paper. Bake for 10 minutes.
  6. Place the cookies on a rack to cool. On half the cookies, place the cut-out stencil and sift icing sugar over the top with a fine sieve. On the other halves, spread the condensed milk and top with the decorated cookie.