Recipe#7391

Title: Black White

From: Paul Dunetz pejid@pop.erols.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Re: Black and white cookies 
 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:48:35 -0800 
 Message-ID: <32B1C123.5D98@pop.erols.com> 

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 to 1/2 cup boiling water
 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate
 1. 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.
 2. 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.
 3. 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.  Makes 2
 dozen large cookies.