Black and White Cookies

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Cooking for Beginners

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (40)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 36 to 40 cookies

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 45 min

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Ingredients

1/3 cup cream
7 ounces dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
3/4 cup sugar
1 (18-ounce) package sugar cookie dough

Directions

Place a small pan over medium heat. Add the cream and warm until almost boiling, about 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and add the chocolate. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes until the chocolate melts. Place the chocolate mixture into a small bowl. Cool the chocolate until firm enough to roll into balls. (To cool quickly, place the chocolate in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.)

Once the chocolate is firm, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the sugar in an empty pie dish. Roll the chocolate into teaspoon-sized balls and set aside. Roll a walnut-sized ball of cookie dough into a thin log about 3 inches long. Place a chocolate ball on a work surface and wrap a cookie dough log around the chocolate ball and press to adhere. It should look like a cookie version of the planet Saturn. Roll the cookie in the sugar to coat. Place the cookie on a large baking sheet and continue forming

the remaining cookies and rolling them in sugar. Once all the cookie balls are on the baking sheets, use the bottom of a drinking glass to flatten the cookies to about 1/4 inch thick.

Bake the cookies for 15 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool, then serve.

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c albany, NY 02-23-2010
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Crackers not cookies
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I watched Giada make these cookies on TV and they were easy to make like she said. But after baking them, they did not look... like Giada's cookies. They were deflated and crispy like crackers. I tried cooking them at different temp and time intervals with no success. Such a waste of chocolate.Read more
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Mary Richmond, VA 02-21-2010
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Tastes good, but messy and NOT easy. . .
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I watched the cookies being made on TV and seemed very easy. The chocolate even put in the freezer for an hour was so sticky... and got everywhere. When I baked it the chocolate spread out over almost the whole cookie. The next batch i put the chocolate on top of the dough (which I indented a little and didn't use as much) this turned out better.Read more
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Carol Henrico, VA 02-15-2010
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Not so easy!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I read the reviews before attempting to make the cookies. Even with these suggestions, the cookies were difficult to make... and did not turn out very well. I froze the sugar cookie dough for 15 minutes which helped initially, but the dough thaws very quickly and is hard to work with. The chocolate does not harden in one hour, so I too had to freeze it for almost 30 minutes to work with it. When the cookies were done, the chocolate center did not want to stay in the center of the cookie dough, but sort of float around on it's own. If I try this again, I will not encircle the chocolate but place it on a circle of dough so it sits on top. All in all, I felt the work involved was not worth the quality of the recipe. Carol, Richmond VARead more
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Stephanie Cumberland, RI 02-13-2010
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Better than Chocolate Chip!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Instead of pouring the warm cream over the chocolate, I used bittersweet chocolate chips with the cream in a double boiler. ... I let that mixture cool for a few hours and then used the store brought cookie dough. I reduced the cooking time to about 11 minutes and then let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes on the cookie sheet. Then transfer to either a wire rack or flat plate and they come out great! Another fantastic recipe!Read more
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Theresa Land O Lakes, FL 02-13-2010
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I hope these taste good.
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I followed the recipe after watching the show. The gnash was so messy, and measuring about a teaspoon size required me to... use 1/2 a slice of cookie dough. I think that the directions need to be revised because I am pretty sure she said to use a 1/4 teaspoon on her show. My cookies are turning out huge. Only made 24 cookies instead of the amount on the recipe.Read more
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Lindsay Seabrook , TX 02-12-2010
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GREAT COOKIES
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I found these cookies to be delightful!! The only thing I did different was freeze the ganache for an hour. They were great!!... THanks GIadaRead more