Black and White Cookies – one of confectionery symbols of New York. Soft round cookie cover half white, half dark glaze. In America it is associated with the peaceful coexistence of two races, it is also called friendship cookie. Bake it and serve with tea. Such a bright cookie will be not only a delicious dessert, but also a spectacular decoration сладкого стола. 
Time:50 minutes Difficulty: easy Amount: 20 cookies In recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Biscuit
- 2.5 tbsp. flour for cakes or take 2.5 tbsp. plain flour top grade and replace 5 tbsp. l flour to starch
- 2.5 tbsp. premium flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 250 gr butter at room temperature
- 1 and 3/4 Art. Sahara
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp. milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate glaze
- 1/3 Art. boiling water
- 4 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 30 gr melted dark chocolate
Recipes with similar ingredients: premium flour, sugar powder, vanilla extract, bitter chocolate, eggs, milk
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 190 ° C.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix the flour for the cakes, the higher flour varieties and baking powder of dough. In another large bowl with mix the butter and sugar until light lush mass. Beat the eggs one at a time. Then mix the milk and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually and knead the dough. On baking sheet covered with parchment, spoon out the dough, making 5 cm distance between the circles. Bake for about 25 minutes, until the edges of the cookie begin to darken.
- In the meantime, cook the icing. Into a large bowl in icing sugar, pouring, pour 1 tbsp. l boiling water. Add such an amount of water that the mixture is thick, but pasty. Transfer half the glaze to another bowl and mix melted chocolate.
- When the cookie is ready, let it cool completely. One spread on the half of the flat side (on which the cookies were baked) with white icing and the other half with chocolate. Wait until the cookies will dry and the icing will harden completely.
