BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES

Steps:

• Pastry:.
• Mix the flour and baking powder and sieve onto a pastry board.
• Make a well in the centre and pour in the sugar, vanillin sugar, flavourings and egg.
• Draw in some flour from the sides of the well and mix together to form a thickish paste.
• Cut the cold butter or margarine into small pieces and add it to the mixture in the centre.
• Cover this mixture with more flour.
• Starting from the middle work all the ingredients quickly with your hands into a firm, smooth paste.
• If the mixture is sticky, refrigerate until firm.
• Cut the pastry into two halves.
• Combine the cocoa, sugar and milk.
• Add to one of the pastry halves and knead until blended.
• Pinwheel Pattern:.
• Roll out 2 same-sized rectangulars, one light pastry and 1 dark pastry.
• Brush 1 layer with egg white.
• Place 2nd layer on top.
• Brush this layer with egg white.
• Roll up like a swiss roll.
• Chequered Pattern:.
• Roll out light pastry into a rectangle (3/8 inch or 1 cm thick).
• Cut into 5 strips of 3/8 inch or 1 cm thickness.
• Roll our the dark pastry to the same size and thickness and cut into 4- 3/8 inch or 1 cm wide strips and the same length as the light pastry.
• Brush them with egg white and arrange the strips of pastry in 3 layers of 3 strips each layer with the colours alternating.
• Wrap the whole in a thin layer of pastry.
• Easy Pattern:.
• Using half of pastry, form a roll about 1 1/4 inch or 3 cm in diameter.
• Brush with egg white.
• Roll our the other half into an oblong and wrap around the roll.
• Refrigerate the rolls until the are stiff.
• Cut into same sized slices of about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes.