Black and White Cookies

[Music] hi it's Diana and Melanie from mini Melanie Bakery we're here to share another one of our family recipes the classic black and white cookie it's so easy to make at home you don't have to buy them in the store anymore this recipe is so great we're going to mix up a cake like cookie dough bake the cookies cool them and then make a glaze that will also turn into the classic chocolate glaze so this recipe pleases vanilla and chocolate fans alike and it's so much fun to get glazing at home so we'll get started with the dough we're just going to stir the dry ingredients We'll add in the salt give that a stir and the baking powder and the baking soda right in mix together all the dry ingredients [Music] margarine right in sugar as well and we're going to get started creaming the base of our black and white cookie dough let's get going that was good to me right we're gonna add in our eggs next let's do them one at a time and start to incorporate them in leave this with you we used to make this all the time growing up right [Music] the mixture is looking really nice and silky we'll just give it a scrape to get all that butter and this is such a nice vanilla base for our two glazes so some dry ingredients into the batter [Music] let's add in the dairy-free milk and the vanilla and a little bit of the sour cream and we'll see how it looks and then add in a bit more [Music] let me get the sour cream right in here and well next will come the rest of the flour [Music] flour [Music] starting to look nice and thick just what we want let's make sure to scrape and get all that flour right in go to the bottom of the bowl so we know the butter is nicely mixed in there and we can actually finish it off just by hand we are going to do six on this size baking tray we're ready to scoop you could do these any size you could do mini you could do even bigger the oven is at 350. let's bake off our first tray here [Music] [Applause] our cookies have finished baking and have cooled down fully so we're ready to get the glaze going so I have some hot water here just add in about three tablespoons we can always add more and some vanilla the corn syrup will make it nice and shiny and will also help the glaze to set and some salt let's whisk it up and see how it looks and see if we need to add more wet ingredients so it's good to start with a whisk and then switch to a spatula and this consistency we're going for should be kind of like hot fudge and the hot water will help the sugar dissolve as opposed to the room temperature water and I'm going to flip them over so the flat side of the cookie is ready for glazing perfect that'll make things easier and great for presentation all right so here's my white glaze are you a vanilla person or a chocolate person chocolate yeah I knew that and we'll get half um just eyeball half right into this bowl and this will be the base for our chocolate glaze cocoa powder in and melted chocolate right in started stirring it up this is a job where you really need a partner one knife for the chocolate glaze and one knife for the vanilla glaze I'm super excited can really have a glazing party like we do at home set up a big table of Black and Whites and get mixing and spreading and sometimes a mini Melanie for different occasions we dye the white glaze a different color for a baby shower or for any special occasion all right you're in charge of the vanilla glaze so I like to pick the cookie up and get some glaze right on here and you just kind of want to do a half moon go around the side and then do a straight line up and then with your partner I can start in Diana's here it's tough waiting until they set but it doesn't take too long but I think people are really surprised how easy this is to make at home yeah let the black and white cookies set at room temperature just like we do with the sugar cookies icing and that liquid will evaporate and be nice and set and they're so soft and fresh really like a little cake there you have it our mini Melanie black and white cookies can't wait to take a bite once they set hope you guys enjoy making this special cookie at home have fun baking foreign [Music]