Chilean Dinner

Tonight we had our friends the Alonsos over for dinner.  

He is from Brazil and she is of Chilean (Jake served his 2 year LDS mission in Chile) decent.  I recently learned (thanks to Facebook) that she served her mission with a girl from my hometown, and the older sister of my college roommate Sabrina Packard.  Once again, small world.

The kids had so much fun playing.  Lucas their son speaks both Spanish and Portuguese so Jake thoroughly enjoyed speaking to him in Spanish.  Mali Su called him "Uncle Luke" and Jake asked her if Uncle Luke had been reincarnated into the body of a half Chilean half Brazilian boy.  Aimi Lark then chimed in saying his name was Uncle LUCAS.  

 
Today I tried my hand at a Chilean dessert.  I love the Internet, I searched and I found what I needed.  I made...

Chilean Aflajores Recipe

Ingredients :

1/4 cup plus 3 Tbsp. butter
1/4 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar
1 x egg, beaten
3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. flour
1 can condensed milk

Method :

* Cream together butter and sugar; add egg and flour and mix well. Drop by scant teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.Pat with a floured finger into very thin little circles (quarter to half dollar size). Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to brown around edges.
* Sandwich two cookies together with cooked condensed milk.To cook condensed milk, place entire, unopened can in a large saucepan, cover with water.Bring to boil and simmer about 2 hours. This turns it into caramel.

Jake LOVED these cookies and I really liked them myself.  

They were filled with what some call manjar and others dulce de leche.  

It was such a fun night, I just wish we had done stuff like this more often with them.

But like Marcela said, sometimes life just gets in the way.

I need to make sure life doesn't get in the way of hanging out with fun friends anymore!