WHAT ARE ALFAJORES?
Alfajores are traditional Argentine pastries made with two delicate, melt-in-your-mouth cookies embracing a luscious dollop of creamy dulce de leche caramel. Longing to share the taste of her childhood with her own children, Lucila started baking her authentic, artisanal alfajores in Chicago.
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Yerba Mate
Yerba mate (pronounced yehr-buh mah-tay) tastes like a tea and hits you like a coffee—and yet, it's technically neither. If you're looking for a boost of energy that doesn't come from an espresso bean, look no further than this South American super-beverage made from the steeped leaves and twigs of an indigenous plant, which has been providing locals with a natural pick-me-up for centuries. Herbal yerba mate tea contains roughly as much caffeine as coffee, about 80 milligrams per cup. There's a time-honored ritual around the consumption of yerba mate... it requires a mate (dried gourd), a bombilla (a special straw for drinking that filters out the leaves), and a thermos for transporting the hot water. One designated person—called the cebador—fills the mate about two-thirds full with the leaves and adds a little bit of warm water to release the flavors. The cebador then inserts the bombilla into the mate...
5 MINUTESYerba Mate
Yerba mate (pronounced yehr-buh mah-tay) tastes like a tea and hits you like a coffee—and yet, it's technically neither. If you're looking for a b...
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Dulce de Leche
DULCE DE LECHE... South America's best export, the MVP of so many recipes, and the heart of all of our Alfajores cookies. It is widely used and consumed throughout all of South America. In Colombia it is called "arequipe". In Perú, Chile and Bolivia it's called "manjar blanco." In Mexico it's called "cajeta" (made with goat's milk instead of cow's milk). But it really doesn't matter what you call it; dulce de leche is one of those amazing sweets that goes with almost everything! It tastes a lot like caramel, but has a creamier consistency since it is made from gently simmering milk and sugar together. One of my favorite memories as a child growing up in Argentina was when my father Guido would go from time to time to visit one of his maternal uncles who owned a bakery in town. These visits would always be on a...
5 MINUTESDulce de Leche
DULCE DE LECHE... South America's best export, the MVP of so many recipes, and the heart of all of our Alfajores cookies. It is widely used and ...
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The glorious co...
why do most people compare the alfajores to shortbread cookies? It might be the texture... however, if an alfajor cookie dough is made right, the cookie discs should be very light... the amount of butter we use to make our alfajores is nowhere near the amount of butter used to make shortbread cookies
5 minutesThe glorious co...
why do most people compare the alfajores to shortbread cookies? It might be the texture... however, if an alfajor cookie dough is made right, the c...
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Let customers speak for us
Excellent taste, presentation, packaging I already ordered more for another friend’s birthday.
I discovered the large dark chocolate alfajore in a local coffee shoppe. It was so delicious, I went to the baker's website to see where I could buy more. That's where I discovered the mini size and it is perfect! I loved the dark chocolate one from before so I didn't think the other flavors would compare but each flavor is delicious in its own way. Now I have three favorite flavors!
Love Lucila’s. Always so accommodating and makes fabulous alfajores!
Love the name…. So classy, so elegant… and the taste is truly delicious!
This is my first time trying “alfajores” and it will ll not be my last. I’ve already got people in mind to gift them too as well!
Delicious 😋
Sent as gift to my son in university, he loved the alfajores. Was like having a piece of home with him🥰🥰🥳🥳
Great customer service, great product. Exactly why I'm a repeat customer.
So delicious! The best alfajores.
The alfajores were amazing, all my guest loved them. Congrats, Lucila!!!
Better alfajor than all of the ones I ate in Argentina. Hands down amazing 🤩
Bueniiiiisssiiimoooss!!!!
I love alfaro's it's a mixture of the little like caramel, tres leche in the middle, a shortbread cookie it feels like and the coconut sprinkles around the or you can have it with powdered sugar too which I used to have in the 1990s it's a Peruvian dessert. There is a milk chocolate covered one there's a dark chocolate covered one and I think the fillings are guava with the same Cookie. The best thing about it is that it's on ravenswood if I'm not mistaken 4057 North Ravenswood in Chicago, IL
Thank Lucia
I truly loved them!!!!
Absolutely delicious. Wow
amazing
Hands down The best