Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Name: Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Yield: Makes about 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, blanched almonds; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup (3/4 ounces/21 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2/3 cup (4 2/3 ounces/132 grams), granulated sugar; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 2 large, egg yolks; 2 tablespoons, coffee liqueur; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 cup, dulce de leche

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
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Holiday
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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012

These Christmas Eve chocolate sandwich cookies are infused with the rich flavors of Dutch-processed cocoa, coffee liqueur, and dulce de leche.

SERVES Makes about 20 cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 40 minutes cooling

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