Vegan Black and White Cookies
There are some concepts that just become engrained in your memory. While black and white cookies weren’t ever a “thing” down south and more concentrated up north where they were created, everything about this cookie was just so unique to me.
Originally this cookie had a chocolate based, then evolved to be vanilla, and then the textures became diverse. Typically they had the traditional crisp cookie texture, but were also seen more with a light and fluffy texture, which is more my preference. I personally gravitate towards soft cookies, so as you would imagine, it was love at first sight lol.
Sadly, like most classic concepts, there are no vegan alternatives. That being said, I was on a mission to create an effortless vegan black and white cookie recipe!.
What I love about this cookie, is everything! It’s my classic easy soft bake cookie recipe, affordable, features a handful accessible and affordable ingredients, one bowl, texture is buttery soft, perf for any season, you can switch up the size, and non vegan approved!
If you love nostalgic vegan concepts, you have to try my recipe for vegan Black and White Cookies!!
Why this recipe is great:
Quick
Easy
Involves one bowl
Handful of ingredients
Nostalgic
Perf for any season
[tasty-recipe id=”57348″]
This recipe is a near-perfect version of the famous “half moon” cookies of Central NY. Only tweaks I made to the recipe were baking them 5 minutes longer (they were underbaked after 10 mins) and adding the water to the icing mix only a little at a time. Adding the whole 1/4 cup made the icing too runny and looked like more of a clear glaze than white. But these are very small tweaks for a perfect cookie! The flavor and texture was nearly spot on.
Can i use regular sugar for the cookie dough? What is it about powder sugar that’s good for the dough?
You unfortunately cannot use traditional white sugar. The powdered sugar is what creates the texture in the cookie.