Black and White Tie Cookies

From Food Network Kitchens

Prep Time:

25 min

Inactive Prep Time:

20 min

Cook Time:

15 min

Level:

Intermediate

Serves:

32 cookies

Ingredients

Oil, for brushing
3 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, 8 ounces), softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs
3 large egg yolks

Chocolate Icing:
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped1/2 cup heavy cream

White Icing:
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons warm water

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush 2 baking sheets
very lightly with oil.

Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl.
Whisk the buttermilk and vanilla together in a liquid measuring cup. Set aside.

Beat the butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add the sugar and continue to
beat at high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, beating well
after each addition. At low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with the wet in 2 parts,
beginning and ending with the dry to make a smooth batter.

Evenly mound 2 tablespoons batter per cookie onto the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them about 2-inches
apart. (A small cookie scoop or ice cream scoop is ideal for this.) Bake until the cookies are golden brown around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely.

For the chocolate icing: Put the chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Bring the cream to a boil in a small
saucepan; pour over the chocolate. Shake the bowl gently so cream settles around the chocolate; set aside
until the chocolate melts, about 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth, taking care not to incorporate too many air
bubbles. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small tip with about half of the chocolate icing.

For the white icing: Whisk the confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, lemon juice and warm water together to make a
smooth icing. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small tip with about a quarter of the
icing.

Ingredients

To Decorate:

Directions

For tuxedo cookies: Set the
cookies on a rack over a rimmed cookie sheet. Pour the white glaze over the whole cookie to cover; set aside
to dry. Pipe a bowtie and tuxedo lapel with the chocolate icing.

For a little black dress and pearls: Pipe an outline of a woman's dress with the dark chocolate and fill in
with more icing. Pipe white icing pearls around the top of the cookie. Add silver dragees or candy pearls to
dress up, if desired.

Let cookies dry completely, about 20 minutes. Serve.

Store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 2 days.

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