![]() The recipe we are talking about today is from Yvonne Conte, a well known local personality, who has had recurring columns in local Newspapers, weekly morning radio show appearances, delivered motivational speeches to corporate events, and written several books, including the collection of Conte family recipes in the book Cry, Laugh, Cook! What’s the Difference Between Half Moon Cookies and NYC Black & Whites? It didn’t take long for the cookie’s popularity to spread throughout Central New York, and you can now find Half-Moon cookies just about everywhere, including Wegmans. His signature chocolate cookie, half chocolate icing, half white caught on immediately with his customers. Who Invented the Half Moon Cookie?Ī former architect, Harry Hemstrought, opened up a little bakery in Utica in 1925. These cookies are immensely popular in Upstate New York, and hold a special place in the hearts of transplanted New Yorkers. Every bakery and restaurant has their own unique take on half moon cookies, and recipes are usually closely guarded. Half Moons are not delicate little tea cookies, these are indulgent monstrous cookies cake-like cookies, that are more of a full-out dessert. Half Moon Cookies are a soft and fluffy cookie, either chocolate or vanilla, that are iced with half white, half chocolate frosting. Half Moon Cookies are a quintessential Upstate New York treat. This is an authentic half moon cookie from a local family known for fabulous food and family style restaurants in the Utica area. Today, I am sharing a vanilla version of Utica’s famous Half Moon Cookies from the cookbook Cry, Laugh, Cook! by local author Yvonne Conte. Hope everyone loves this recipe as much as I do.It’s been a long time coming, but I finally have a vanilla half moon recipe to share with you! After the massive success of Hemstrought’s Half Moon Cookie Recipe here I knew I needed to find a vanilla counterpart, and you’ve definitely been asking for one! To this day it is still the most requested recipe.īut finding a authentic vanilla half moon cookie from Utica, proved to be easier said than done. Good flavor & great for decorating, but I like a chewier/softer cookie. If I baked until all edges were golden brown, the cookies came out pretty dry. I will add, knowing that everyone’s oven is different-mine is especially old & and uneven cooker- I had to pull my cookies out at 6-7 They almost looked uncooked. The cookie dough was so easy to work with. Next time I will do 1/2 tsp vanilla + 1 1/2tsp almond extract as I didn’t really taste the almond flavor. ![]() Also, I did 1 tsp almond extract + 1 tsp vanilla. (A bit weird becuz I didn’t have to add extra for the mini-muffin cookies.). ( I had to use an extra TB of butter becuz dough was crumbly. They were absolute perfect! Also made the recipe for sugar cookies to decorate. No Chilling and they’re still perfect! I used these as cookie crusts in my mini muffin pans. Nibble away, no one will miss one or two or five!! □ – Nagi x ![]() Make these for Santa, your family, or (if you’re really feeling the holiday spirit) maybe even to gift to someone.Īnd don’t worry. But if you are inclined to ice them, pop over to my Icing for Christmas Cookies (PS I also share my quick ‘n easy way to ice them!)Ī sight that will catapult anyone into serious Christmas spirit!! Ain’t nobody got time for chilling during Christmas madness – right?!īonus: the dough is easy to handle and can be scrunched up and rolled up again over and over until you’ve used up every scrap.īecause these are sweet vanilla biscuits, they are flavoured enough and sweet enough to serve plain. Unlike most cookie doughs suitable for cutting out shape, there’s no chill time required for this recipe. The nice thing about these Christmas Cookies is that they’re made with pantry staples – so there’s no need to add to your ever growing Christmas grocery shopping list!!! How to make Christmas Cookies This particular biscuit recipe is made for cutting out shapes – in this case, Christmas shapes. Most cookies spread snd puff up so they bear little resemblance to the shape you expected!īut these hold their shape perfectly – as you can see by the sharp ridges and corners in the photo below. They are as classic as vanilla biscuits can be. They taste like shortbread cookies, but not quite as buttery or crumbly. What I call “Christmas Cookies” are simply vanilla biscuits cut out in Christmas shapes and iced with colourful festive frosting. Ice them my EASY way, dip in chocolate, dust with icing sugar or serve them plain! Christmas Cookies Take a break from the Christmas madness to make Christmas Cookies! These sugar cookies are classic vanilla biscuits that are made for cutting out shapes because they hold their shape perfectly when baked. ![]()
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