black and white cookies
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A friend made these for a party and I HAD to get the recipe...and here it is! It is a New York classic, but are delicious everywhere! Just be careful, because the first time I made them I may have put a little too much lemon juice in the icing......
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prep time
1 Hr
cook time
15 Min
Ingredients For black and white cookies
- COOKIES:
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1 1/4 call-purpose flour
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/3 cwell shaken buttermilk
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1/2 tspvanilla
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1/3 cunsalted butter, softened
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1/2 cgranulated sugar
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1large egg
- ICING:
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1 1/2 cconfectioners' sugar
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1 Tbsplight corn syrup
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2 tsp(or to taste) fresh lemon juice
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1/4 tspvanilla
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1 to 2 Tbspwater
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1/4 cunsweetened dutch-process cocoa powder
How To Make black and white cookies
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. -
21. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
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32. Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy – about 3 minutes. Next add egg, beating until combined well. Mix in flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately in batches at a low speed (scraping down sides of bowl ocasionally), beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until smooth.
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43. Spoon ¼ cups of batter about 2 inches apart on a buttered large baking sheet. Bake in middle of oven until tops are puffed and pale golden, and spring back when being touched, 15 to 17 minutes. Transfer with a metal spatula to a rack and chill about 5 minutes.
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5ICING:
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61. Stir together confectioners sugar, corn syrup, lemon juice, vanilla, and 1T water in a smal bowl until smooth. Transfer half of icing to another bowl and stir in cocoa, adding more water, ½ tsp. At a time, to thin to same consistancy as white icing.
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