Black & White Cut-Outs

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar, granulated
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons flour, additional divided
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 115 g white chocolate
• 115 g semisweet chocolate

Directions

1. 1

   Beat butter, granulated sugar & brown sugar in a bowl until light & fluffy. Then beat in eggs. one by one; add vanilla. Combine 2 3/4 cups flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; then add to the butter mix. Beat well; reserve half of dough.

2. 2

   To make chocolate dough, beat cocoa in to remaining dough until well blended. To make butter cooke dough, beat remaining 2 tbsp of flour in to reserved cookie dough.

3. 3

   Flatten each dough in to a disc; wrap in plastic and refigerate 1 1/2 hrs or untl firm. (Dough can be refrigerated for 3 days before baking).

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 190°C Working with one color of dough at a time, place on lightly flored surface. Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. Place cut outs 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets (Silpat is great!).

5. 5

   Bake for 9-11 mins or until set. Let cookies stand for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks ad let cool completely.

6. 6

   For white chocolate drizzle, place baking bar pieces in a small ziploc bag and seal. Heat in microwave oven at medium (50% of power) 1 minute. Turn bag over; heat @ same temp for an additional 1 - 2 mins or until melted. Knead bag until white chocolate is smooth. Cut off a very tiny corner of the bag; then pipe or drizzle white chocolate on to brown chocolate cookies. Let stand until chocolate is set, abour 1/2 hours

7. 7

   Do the inverse for the brown chocolate on white cookies.

8. 8

   Black and White Chocolate Sandwiches: Prepare dugh and roll as directed. Cut out both doughs with same cookie cutter. Bake as directed above. Make cookie sandwiches spreading a thin layer of prepared frosting on bottom side of alternate cookies and joining pairs (bottoms to bottoms). Last but not least,drizzle alternate melted chocolate over cookies.