Black and White Cookies

To be completely honest, it took a while for me to land on the perfect baked good for the letter B. There are endless options, but I wanted to stay away from fruit-related desserts (blueberry, blackberry, berry, banana), since I had just used apples in my last post. I finally landed on black and white cookies because they are different than most desserts I have made, and they're DELICIOUS. 

Like seriously, how can you resist!

While the recipe I used for the black and white cookies seemed, simple, quick, and easy, I had somewhat of a different experience. Since the cookie part of black and white cookies is more doughy and cakey than most cookies, the batter was extremely thick. It kind of resembled chocolate chip cookie dough, although it was probably even thicker than that. I was slightly thrown off by this, but the recipe did indicate that the batter would be thick, so I wasn't too concerned. When you put the batter on the baking sheet, the recipe recommends that you measure each cookie with a 1/4 cup measurement. However, I would recommend using just under 1/4 cup, only because some of the cookies spread out onto each other on the cookie sheet. Here are my cookies before putting them in the oven!

When I took the cookies out of the oven, they smelled AMAZING, and looked so much better than I was expecting! I was so glad with the way they had turned out. 

After I took the cookies out, and let them cool a bit, it was time to make the icing. I've made frosting/icing for cakes, cupcakes and cookies before without any difficulty, but I have to say that making the frosting for these cookies was so much harder than making the cookies themselves. The frosting was way too thick and I had to continuously add extra milk until the frosting became the appropriate texture. It took SO much mixing to finally get a delicious frosting. The frosting recipe that I used included corn syrup, which I had never used before, and since it is super gooey and sticky, I think it contributed to the initially thick texture of the frosting. However, after lots of mixing and adding more liquid, the frosting turned out amazing. I forgot to take a picture of the frosting alone, but here is the final product! Overall, I would rate this dessert an 8/10 because it tasted DELICIOUS, but the process of making it was more difficult than I had anticipated. 

Here is the recipe for both the cookie and frosting: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/black-and-white-cookies/