Perfect Black and White Cookies

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AllieDe

A little too puffy if made with gf flour

subheading: FOR THE COOKIES:

2 cups/255 grams all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon fine sea salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

⅓ cup/80 milliliters sour cream or whole-milk yogurt

⅓ cup/80 milliliters whole milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

¼ teaspoon almond extract

½ cup/115 grams unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature

¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons/200 grams granulated sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

subheading: FOR THE GLAZE:

2½ cups/300 grams confectioners’ sugar

Boiling water, as needed

1½ tablespoons light corn syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pinch of fine sea salt

2½ ounces/70 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

2½ tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

Note: Ingredients may have been altered from the original.

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