{"id":13612,"date":"2022-05-19T14:31:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehintofrosemary.com\/?p=13612"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:13:33","slug":"half-moon-cookies-from-upstate-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehintofrosemary.com\/half-moon-cookies-from-upstate-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Moon Cookies from Upstate New York!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The best half moon cookie recipe! I am bringing back my childhood memories from Upstate New York with my mom's half moon cookie recipe.<\/strong> This is the best and most authentic half moon cookie recipe out there and is sure to be a hit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's a super rainy cold spring day here in New York today and I was feeling nostalgic so I went through my old recipe cards and stumbled across my most favorite childhood cookie.. the half moon cookie! Just look at this cute handwritten recipe card. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I grew up in a tiny little town about an hour north of Syracuse and I used to make half moon cookies all the time! Back then I didn't know that Half moon cookies were famous to upstate New York, and you couldn't find them down south back then! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you've never tried a half moon cookie and are visiting I highly recommend trying them from Harrison street bakery on the west side of Syracuse! Make sure to get them early in the day as they taste super fresh and fluffy in the morning and tend to get stale as the day goes on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love baking and want to truly take your healthy baking up a notch? Read my full No Discard Sourdough Starter Guide for Beginners<\/a><\/strong>! You can use sourdough starter in everything from cookies to cakes, breads, and so much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT ARE HALF MOON COOKIES?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether you know them as half moons, or black and white cookies, the concept is the same: a soft fluffy cake-like cookie topped with half vanilla and half chocolate frosting. My old fashioned half moon cookie recipe below is surprisingly easy and taste just like the authentic bakery style cookies we all love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are here looking for a healthy cookie instead, check out my healthy cookies page<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT ARE HALF MOON COOKIES MADE OF?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My vanilla half moon cookie recipe consists of a fluffy cake like vanilla cookie topped with egg yolk vanilla and chocolate frosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanilla half moon cookie dough ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n