Zabar's Black & Whites
List of Ingredients
For the Cookies:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened (plus extra for
greasing)
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon or 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
For the Frosting:
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 ounce bittersweet chocolate
boiling water
Recipe
1. Preheat the over to 375 degrees. Butter two baking sheets.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and butter. Mix by
machine or hand until fluffy. Add eggs, milk, vanilla extract,
and lemon extract and mix until smooth.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the two flours with the baking
powder and salt. Stir until mixed.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in batches. Stir well
to combine.
5. Using a soup spoon, drop the dough by the spoonful two inches
apart on the baking sheets. Bake about 20-30 minutes, until
the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool completely.
6. Make the frosting: Put the confectioners' sugar in a large
bowl. Gradually add between 1/3 cup and 1/2 cup of boiling
water to the sugar, stirring constantly, until the mixture
is thick and spreadable.
7. Put half the frosting in the top half of a double boiler
set over simmering water. Add the chocolate to this half
of the frosting. Warm the mixture, stirring, until the
chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Remove from
the heat.
8. With a brush, coat half the cookies with chocolate frosting
and half with the white frosting.
Makes 24 cookies.
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