Black and White Cookies

Make your own bakery style black and white cookies at home.

Last month I picked up a copy of Good Housekeeping Magazine.  It was a cookie swap edition and I had to have it because on the cover were these beautiful red and white cookies.  Now some of you know that red is my absolute favorite color.  So I bought the magazine so I could make some of those red and white cookies at home for my family.

December came and went and the red and white cookies were never made.  So when my friends and I thought it would be fun to put together some fun recipes and crafts to go along with the new Kung Fu Panda 3 movie opening today, I thought it was time to make those cookies.  Although they would be black and white cookies to match a panda.

I have seen black and white cookies in bakeries, but I will tell you this.  I have never eaten a black and white cookie until I made these at home.  I followed the recipe and they turned out so good!  The ones I see in bakeries are always super big.  So I made some big ones, but knowing these were for kids, I also made some smaller.  I used a big ice cream scoop for the big ones and a regular cookie scoop for the little ones.

I don’t know if it’s because I used scoops, but my cookies were rounded on the tops.  So the centers were thicker in the middle than around the edges.  They were still soft and delicious, but next time I might flatten them out a bit before putting them in the oven.  I actually frosted the flat bottom side of the cookies so it’s hard to see the rounded top in these pictures.

Yield: 12 large 2 dozen small

Black and White Cookies

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Bakery style black and white cookies

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

Cookies

• 10 TBL butter (1 1/4 sticks) - room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt

White Glaze

• 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBL corn syrup
• 5 tsp. water

Chocolate Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 TBL corn syrup
• 4 tsp. water

Instructions

For Cookies:

1. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
2. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
3. Sift together dry ingredients in a small bowl.
4. On low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately starting and ending with flour mixture.
5. Mix until all combined.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7. Drop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet about 3 inches apart.
8. For large cookies use 4 TBL cookie scoop (or 1/4 cup) and regular cookie scoop for small cookies.
9. Bake large cookies for 15 - 17 mins. and small cookies for 9 - 11 mins.
10. Place on a wire rack to cool.

White Glaze

1. Mix all ingredients in a small bowl and spread glaze on half of the cookie.
2. Add more water 1 tsp at a time if needed to make glaze spreading consistency.
3. You can turn cookies over and glaze the bottom half if cookies are too puffed.
4. Let white glaze set for about an hour before adding the chocolate glaze.

Chocolate Glaze

1. Mix all ingredients in a small bowl and spread glaze on half of the cookie.
2. Add more water 1 tsp at a time if needed to make glaze spreading consistency.
3. Let cookies set for an hour.

See how perfect those little black and white cookies are for little hands?  Especially when the majority of my kids eat the frosting, but not the cookie. 🙂

Are you’re kids excited about the new Kung Fu Panda movie?  Well make sure to check out these other fun recipes and projects inspired by the new Kung Fu Panda 3 movie.

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Kung Fu Panda Noodle Soup from Love Bakes Good Cakes

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Free Panda Reader & Writing Activites from Simply Kinder

Ninja Star Pizza Wontons from Home.Made.Interest.

Printable Panda Puzzles from Life Anchored

Black & White Cookies from Liz on Call

Easy Tofu Lettuce Wraps from The Wetherills Say I Do

Have you ever had a black and white cookie?  Which frosted side is your favorite?

Happy Baking!

Liz