Black and White Cookies

Ingredients

For cookies

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg

For icings

• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-2 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Add egg and beat until well combined.

4. 4

   Add baking soda, salt and 1/3 of the flour.

5. 5

   Add vanilla and 1/2 of the buttermilk.

6. 6

   Add another 1/3 flour, then the rest of the buttermilk and finish with the last 1/3 of flour. Mix until smooth.

7. 7

   Spoon 1/4 cups of batter onto a greased baking sheet. Bake in middle of oven until tops are puffed and pale golden and cookies spring back when touched, about 12-15 minutes.

8. 8

   Transfer with metal spatula to a rack and chill (to cool quickly) about 5 minutes.

9. 9

   Make icings while the cookies chill.

10. 10

    Stir together confectioners sugar, corn syrup, lemon juice, vanilla and water in a small bowl until smooth (should be runny enough to easily frost and give a glasslike appearance, but not run off the edge).

11. 11

    Transfer half of the icing to another bowl and stir in cocoa, adding more water until it is the same consistency as the white icing.

12. 12

    Turn cookies flat side up and spread white icing over half of each and chocolate over the other half.