Black and white cookies
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- unsalted room temperature butter
- 130 g white sugar
Beat the butter and sugar 4 to 5 minutes on medium high until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl.
- 125 g all-purpose flour
- 125 g cake flour
Sift the all-purpose and cake flours together onto parchment with the salt and baking soda.
- 30 g honey
- 60 g sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 60 g whole milk
Whisk honey, sour cream, vanilla and lemon extracts and milk together in a spouted vessel.
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
Add the dry and wet ingredients alternately in thirds, beating and scraping down, until the batter is thick and smooth; finish with a manual mix.
- 200 g powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 30 g light corn syrup
- water
Mix powdered sugar, vanilla, corn syrup and a splash of water to a thick fondant icing; add white food coloring; press plastic wrap onto the surface.
Vanilla and chocolate fondant icing
- white food coloring
- 30 g dark cocoa powder
- 5 g white corn syrup
Make the chocolate fondant the same way with dark cocoa powder and an extra 5 g corn syrup.
Spread vanilla fondant over half of each cooled cookie with an offset spatula; let it set, giving a second coat if it sinks in.
Icing half and half
Let the fondant set completely, 2 to 4 hours.
A softer version with brown sugar and baking powder
- ¾ tsp baking powder
Variation: swap the white sugar for brown sugar and add 3/4 teaspoon baking powder to the dry ingredients for a softer, moister cookie; bake the same way.