Favorite Black and White Cookies

Name: Favorite Black and White Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 79 milliliters buttermilk or equivalent buttermilk powder (SACO) plus water; 59 milliliters Hersheys Dark unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon corn syrup; 1 large egg at room temperature; 162 grams 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest or a tiny dash of lemon oil; 227 grams (1 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 Tbsps whole milk plus more as needed

Favorite Black and White Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 353 calories, 5g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up vanilla, flour, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with a hand held electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in the lemon zest and vanilla, then add egg, beating until combined.

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Baking Soda

Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Oven

Add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately by hand until you have a smooth batter.Spoon 1/4 cups of batter about 2 inches apart onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

Bake in middle of oven until tops are puffed and pale golden, and cookies spring back when touched, 15 to 17 minutes.

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Oven

Transfer with a metal spatula to a rack and chill (to cool quickly), about 5 minutes (or let them cool at room temperature).Make the Black & White Icing.

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Icing

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Spatula

Whisk the powdered sugar, milk, cream, corn syrup and vanilla together in a large bowl. Measure out about 1/3 cup and put it in a separate bowl

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Powdered Sugar

Corn Syrup

Vanilla

Cream

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the cocoa powder and 1/2 teaspoon of water to the 1/3 cup that you measured out and stir until smooth. If the chocolate frosting seems too thick, thin it with a little water or milk.

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Chocolate Frosting

Cocoa Powder

Water

Milk

Transfer the frosting to disposable decorating bags that do not have the tip snipped off. You won’t need a decorating tip. When ready to use, snip off the tip of the decorating bags and pipe half moons of each flavor over the cookies.Makes about 8 to 10 cookies (I usually get 8)

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Frosting