Black and White Cookies

Name: Black and White Cookies
Yield: Makes 12 cookies
Cuisine: US & Canada, Mid-Atlantic, American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces/248 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), granulated sugar; 1 large, egg; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, sour cream; 5 cups (20 ounces/567 grams), confectioners' sugar, sifted; 7 tablespoons, whole milk; 2 tablespoons, corn syrup; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa powder, sifted

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Mid-Atlantic
American
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2012, Cook's Country TV

These huge, tender cookies may be New York’s best-kept secret. We spill it.

SERVES Makes 12 cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 2¼ hours cooling

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