These exist in the US, but they're called black and white cookies. According to Wikipedia they may have been created in New York by Bavarian immigrants. But it's unclear if the confection's origin is German or American.
> These exist in the US, but they're called black and white cookies.
Most images of Amerikaner, like that on Wikipedia [1], are potentially misleading because they only show the upper side, so it looks like a cookie with frosting. But in actuality, the dough is not flat and evenly distributed like in a cookie, but gets much thicker in the center, see e.g. [2]. Not like a cookie at all.
majewsky|6 years ago
Most images of Amerikaner, like that on Wikipedia [1], are potentially misleading because they only show the upper side, so it looks like a cookie with frosting. But in actuality, the dough is not flat and evenly distributed like in a cookie, but gets much thicker in the center, see e.g. [2]. Not like a cookie at all.
[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaner_(Geb%C3%A4ck)#/medi...
[2] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6qYwRqgE6M/T76gn5d3XMI/AAAAAAAAA6...