> 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

> 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. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaner_(Geb%C3%A4ck)#/media/Datei:BandW.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaner_(Geb%C3%A4ck)#/medi... [2] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6qYwRqgE6M/T76gn5d3XMI/AAAAAAAAA6s/EHXMzDCHLp4/s1600/Amerikaner2.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6qYwRqgE6M/T76gn5d3XMI/AAAAAAAAA6...