Half Moon Cookies Utica

Cookies are baked from scratch every morning with all natural ingredients and hand frosted with a chocolate fudge and vanilla buttercream frosting. The cookie s popularity has spread throughout central new york and you can now find half moon cookies just about everywhere including wegmans.

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Half moon cookies utica. Utica half moons have a base that is like a whoopie pie and come in chocolate or vanilla then they are frosted with chocolate and vanilla frosting to look like a half moon. A former architect harry hemstrought opened up a little bakery in utica in 1925. Our famous halfmoon cookies.

Holland farms bakery and deli ships half moon cookies to all 50 u s. His signature cookie half chocolate icing half white caught on immediately with his customers. Preheat oven to 350.

When people who have moved away from central new york come back to visit they almost always tell us that of all the things they miss from here they miss our half moons most of all. As an ode to my hometown i decided to make them at home a chocolatey fudgy cookie serves as the base and is topped with homemade vanilla and chocolate buttercream enjoy. Half moon cookies are unique to our area they originated right here in utica in the early part of the 20th century.

Sift together flour baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside. Hemstrought s famous for the original halfmoon cookie has not changed the recipe since 1920. Half moon cookies 48 95 70 95 if you miss the great taste of utica ny you can always get a little bit of it delivered to you.

Although there are many renditions of our cookie circulating in the market maybe you have heard of black and whites none can compare to the decadent but light taste and soft texture of our original recipe. Put sugar margarine cocoa and salt in bowl of standing mixer and beat on medium speed until fluffy. Upstate new york s half moon cookie history.