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Baguio's Alfajor

Alfajor-Caramel Sandwich Cookies
Little did I know some facts about the alfajor, which is gaining popularity now. Friends took note of bringing home with them a canister of alfajor from Good Shepherd. When in Baguio, it's been a habit-forming to drop by the Mountain Maid Training Center of the nuns to get hold of the original purveyors of Good Shepherd's ube jam, strawberry preserves, lengua & peanut brittles.

Alfajor confection is a caramel filled [dulce de leche] shortbread sandwich cookie, made of flour, sugar, butter, lemon rind, salt, milk, caramel filling & confectioner's sugar. It's a soft cookie with the same texture as with its fillings, it kinda melts into the mouth. Great to have it with tea or coffee. Although the roots of alfajor variations are claimed by the South Americans/Latin America [Argentina, Peru, Uruguay & Mexico]. Alfajores as widely known can trace its origin back from the Moorish occupation in Andalusia, Spain & Mediterranean regions. No wonder Filipinos adopted this culinary tradition as part of the Spanish colonization. 
Alfajor-Caramel Sandwich Cookies
Good Shepherd is within the vicinity of Mine's View Park, skipping the park and going straight to the shop.  From these days, you got to have patience in long ques of customer who wanted to buy and the staff cashier/nuns they get somewhat grumpy [masungit], we understand the condition, maybe they were just tired and weary, and they were already locked-dead doing the same job day after another. But at the end of the day, the Good Shepherd Sisters of Baguio's mission was accomplished, great sales means good advocacy for the Cordillera Youth's education campaign.
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Comments

  1. yummy, i always buy that when I get the chance to visit baguio..

    happy FTF!

    http://vhen.blogspot.com/2011/06/ftf-beef-broccoli.html

    hope to see you

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  2. sounds so delicious but i never tried it yet! btw, is it like french macaroons?! thanks for sharing, and wishing you a great weekend! :)

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  3. looks good! almost looks like macarons! :)

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  4. Now I want to venture to Baguio again and get one of those! :P

    Doing my hop from this week's FTF! Here's mine:

    Breakfast for Dinner at The Food Encounters.

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  5. @ Vhen, Cheerful, Mirage, ♥FoodTripFriday♥ & Mars @ The Food Encounters: Thank ladies for the comments. Actually the alfajor is a soft, mouth-watering cookie, unlike the macaroons its texture is very smooth and melts in your mouth right away. Indeed, its the trending pasalubong nowadays, lots of people would ask about alfajor if we bought some. :)

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