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Black and White Cookies – you can make a New York City classic at home.

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These are a northern specialty cookie where half of the cookie is frosted in chocolate frosting, and the other half is frosted in vanilla frosting.

Black and White Cookies

Black and White Cookies

Thanks to Karen Ann for sharing this recipe.

Black and White Cookies

Black and White Cookies

You can make a New York City classic at home.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Black and White Cookies
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 48
Calories: 160kcal
Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 pound butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting

  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 cup boiling water
  • 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl combine the sugar and butter until fluffy. Add eggs, milk, vanilla and lemon extract and mix until smooth. In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. 
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet in batches, stirring well. Drop soup spoonfuls of dough 2" apart on buttered baking sheets. Bake at 375* until edges begin to brown, 20-30 minutes. 
  • Let cool completely. Put confections' sugar in a bowl. Stir in enough water to make the mixture thick and spreadable. Remove half the frosting to the top of a double boiler over simmering water.
  •  Add chocolate and warm the mixture until chocolate is melted and the frosting is smooth. Remove from heat. With a brush, coat half the cookie with chocolate frosting and the other half with white frosting.

Nutrition

Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 145IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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About Stephanie

I recreate your favorite restaurant recipes, so you can prepare these dishes at home. I help you cook dinner, and serve up dishes you know your family will love. You can find most of the ingredients for all of the recipes in your local grocery store.

Stephanie is the author of CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home, and CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home 2.

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  2. Aly says

    When I made this recipe it tasted like flour and when baking it doesn’t thin out; therefore, it’s too puffy and biscuit-like…not good. Not the NY black and white.

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