{"id":2085277,"date":"2025-03-06T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=2085277"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:02:44","slug":"black-and-white-cookies","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/black-and-white-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the cookie ideas, the most fitting to represent New York City is a black and white cookies recipe. Though the cookie’s origins could be either from the early 1900s in upstate New York (called a half-moon cookie) or from 1902 in Glaser’s Bake Shop of New York City, it hardly matters now. This vanilla and chocolate iced cookie has reached icon status and is sold around the country, and even across the ocean, where they call the German dessert<\/a> an Amerikaner.<\/p>\n

Before I moved to New York City, black and white cookies were not on my radar. Once I arrived, it was impossible to overlook their abundance as they filled the counters and display cases of every supermarket, bakery and bodega. Blame it on the famous Seinfeld<\/em> episode in which Jerry expounds upon and wonders if the dual-sided cookie is the bridge to societal harmony, but I can’t look at a black and white cookie without wondering what would happen if we did, in fact, “look to the cookie” for answers. Less seriously, is getting some of each flavor in every bite essential?<\/p>\n

Feel free to let these thoughts live rent-free in your head as you add this black and white cookie recipe to your list of baking ideas<\/a>. Closer in texture to a mini-cake, black and white cookies are best when fresh, and you need only\u00a0a few basic baking supplies<\/a> to whip them up. As for how to eat them, I can’t promise a black and white cookie recipe will solve anything, but since vanilla and chocolate are an ideal pairing, I suggest finding flavor unity and eating the two sides together.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Black and White Cookies<\/h2>\n