Black and White Cookies

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Cooking for Beginners

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (30)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(30)

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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Manntyesha Oklahoma, OK 11-03-2009
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oooh
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Um i havent taste it yet buthd from what im hearing doesnot sound so good.
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Laylah Montgomery, AL 10-15-2009
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Good, but worth the effort?
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I agree with many other reviews that this is a very messy cookie to make. It looks way easier on tv, than for a true... beginner to make. In the end the cookie was tasty. Do yourself a favor and don't bother rolling the chocolate in your hands--way too messy. Just spoon it straight on to parchment paper with a rounded 1/4 tsp measuring spoon, wrap the cookie dough around the "balls" without even handling the chocolate, and the cookies will come out as pretty as on the show. Otherwise, it's a big chocolate ganache mess. This can be fun to make with the kids. My 3 year old help to roll the dough! And the cookies were a hit with the kids!Read more
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D Springfield, PA 06-27-2009
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what a waste
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

yuck
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Ileana windermere, FL 06-03-2009
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don't think that I will try this one again
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I normally do not have a problem following recipes, but this one was messy and they did not come out like they did on tv. The... chocolate was very hard to roll as it did not set well. I will continue to make her recipes but not this one.Read more
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Julia McLean, VA 05-21-2009
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Good cookies but not really worth it
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I am a college girl new to cooking and I can say that the recipe was not too difficult. The cookies didn't fall apart for me... as others have mentioned before. The chocolate middle part is the best part-great chewy consistancy, which was delicious. The sugar cookie outside wasn't that great--I would make your own dough instead of store bought. The recipe is time consuming and really messy (as others have said). If you want to make them I suggest really coating them with sugar before putting them on the making sheet to make sure that they won't fall apart. Good luck!Read more
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Christine Vienna, VA 01-21-2009
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Really good but modified
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I LOVED these cookies. My 4 yr old daughter and I saw the episode and had to make them ourselves. We used ghiradelli... bittersweet chips, pilsbury dough (really cold), and had a geat time. I would make them a little smaller next time as the recommended size ended up much larger than on the show. As someone else said, let them cool on the pan before transfering to a wire rack so they don't separate. She rolled the dough, I rolled the chocolate(yum) and had fun. You do have to press the dough into itself and the center ball a little to make it stick. Read more