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CHOCOLATE HALF MOON COOKIES

Chocolate Half Moon Cookies

Chocolate Half Moon Cookies are American dessert cookies, also known as black and white cookies or Utica half moon cookies. They feature a soft chocolate cookie base iced half with vanilla icing and half with chocolate icing.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
Icing time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 29 cookies
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Equipment (affiliate links)

  • 1 Large bowl
  • 1 Mixer (Handheld or Stand) Implied for creaming and beating
  • 1 Ice Cream Scoop or Large Spoon For dropping batter
  • 1 Baking Sheet Parchment-lined or lightly greased
  • 1 Wire rack Implied for cooling cookies

Ingredients

Chocolate Cookies

  • 3 cups flour sifted
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter unsalted at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Vanilla Icing

  • 1/2 cup butter salted at room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp milk

Chocolate Icing

  • 1/2 cup butter salted at room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp milk Note: Recipe states '3 tbsp cup milk', assumed '3 tbsp milk'. Also notes more milk may be needed.

Instructions

Chocolate Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar together. Beat for approximately 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg. Add vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk beginning and ending with the flour.
  • Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon drop a little less than 2 tablespoons of batter onto a parchment-lined (or lightly greased) baking sheet. Place in on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 10-11 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and cool completely before icing. Ice 1/2 of the cooking with vanilla icing and the other half with chocolate icing.

Vanilla Icing

  • Mix powdered sugar and butter until creamy. About 2 minutes. Add vanilla and milk. Beat until icing is creamy and free from any lumps. Icing should be firm but spreadable.

Chocolate Icing

  • Mix powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and butter until creamy. About 2 minutes. Add vanilla and milk. Beat until icing is creamy and free from any lumps. Icing should be firm but spreadable. More milk may be needed. Add until the mixture is smooth, firm, and spreadable.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 442IU | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg