Zabar's Black And White Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1 3/4 cups	346g / 12oz	Sugar
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Butter
4		Eggs
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Vanilla
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Lemon extract
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	Cake flour
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
		Frosting
4 cups	792g / 27oz	Confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup	78ml	Boiling water - to 1/2 cup)
1 oz	28g	Bittersweet chocolate

Recipe 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 soupspoonful of dough 2 inches apart on buttered baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees until edges begin to brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely.

To make frosting, put confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Stir in enough water to make the mixture thick and spreadable. Remove half the frosting to the top half 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 brush, coat half the cookie with chocolate frosting and the other half with white frosting.

This recipe yields 2 dozen large cookies.

Source:
Kitcken Link (Copycat Collection) at - http://www.kitchenlink.com/copycat.html

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