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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Black & White Cookies

Having a hankering to make cookies,  
this recipe is very simple.

3 cups of AP flour
3/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1 1/3 cups of sugar
2/3 of a cup of butter
1/2 cup of Crisco
2 eggs
2 vanilla bean seeds
2 teaspoons of corn syrup
1 teaspoon of lemon zests
1/3 cup of sour cream

Set your oven temperature to 350 degrees and then you will line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl stir together the flour, salt and baking soda. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Then add the Crisco, vanilla seeds, lemon zests, corn syrup and the eggs one at a time. Once or twice stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl. Now add the flour and sour cream. Roll a little less then 1/4 cup of dough into a balls.


Then you will place them very wide apart on the baking sheet. Press the balls down with a three inch round base until they are the same size. You will bake the cookies for 14 minutes and will need to rotate the trays half way into the baking time. Let the cookies cool completely before icing.

For the Fondant icing you will need the following ingredients.


1/4 cup of corn syrup                                     
5 cups of powder sugar
2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate
1 teaspoon of vanilla

In a sauce pan place one quarter of a cup of corn syrup and one half of a cup of water into the pan. Bring to a boil and then remove the pan from the stove. Place the powder sugar and vanilla into the sauce pan and whisk until you have all the sugar incorporated. Next place the two ounces of unsweetened chocolate into a microwave bowl. Add half of the vanilla fondant to the chocolate and mix well. You are now ready to frost your cookies. I add a line of chocolate to mark the half way mark on the cookie. It makes it easier to frost. They will need to set for sometime. It will take a least a couple of hours.



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