Half Moon Cookies
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Halfmoon-Cookies
similar to black & whites but choc bottoms-upstate variation
Ingredients
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- 30 ABOUT 30 COOKIES
- For the Cookies
- 3 3 3⁄4 3⁄4 cups flour
- 3 3⁄4 3⁄4 tsp. baking powder
- 2 2 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 2 1⁄4 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 16 16 16 tbsp. margarine, cut into pieces
- 3 3⁄4 3⁄4 cup cocoa, sifted
- 1 1⁄4 1⁄4 tsp. salt
- 2 2 2 eggs
- 1 1 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1 1⁄2 1⁄2 cups milk
Preparation
Step 1
For Decorating
Fudge Icing
Buttercream Icing
Instructions
Make the cookies: Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside. Put sugar, margarine, cocoa, and salt in bowl of standing mixer and beat on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat. Add half the milk, then half the flour mixture, beating after each addition until smooth; repeat with remaining milk and flour mixture. Spoon or pipe batter onto parchment-lined baking sheets, making 3'' rounds 2'' apart. Bake until cookies are set, about 12 minutes. Allow to cool, then remove from parchment.
While the cookies cool, make the icings. Using a metal spatula, spread about 1 tbsp. of warm fudge icing on half of the flat side of each cookie. Spread the other half of each cookie with 1 heaping tbsp. buttercream icing.