Comments on: Black and White Cookies

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:25:14 +0000

I have been thinking about these cookies for weeks now. I decided to look online for info. I am living in Ireland and can’t find my recipe. The one I had used a yellow cake mix with some alterations and was given to me when I was in High School by a friend, Carol Anne. I wonder if anyone knows what the changes are to the cake mix version which was always great.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:22:13 +0000

I LOVE(D) HALF MOON COOKIES! The chocolate black and white, that is. I could eat tons of them – well as a kid anyway. Did any of the upstate New Yorkers try making the chocolate version??? I never knew them to be Jewish or otherwise, just a dreamy cookie. I would love the recipe. Can someone post it? I have the recipe from the bakery (Hemstrought’s) but the ingredients are for bakery-sized portions and I’m not sure how the recipe would work in a smaller portion.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:53:38 +0000

I love these, but they’re definitely not a “Brooklyn” special! Like Peg above, we called them “half moon cookies,” and my mom used to get them for me as a treat sometimes when she went to the Kosher bakery to buy challah for shabbat outside of Boston. Must be a Jewish thing. Or just a generic East European thing. Anyway, yay for the recipe! Can’t wait to make them :-)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:13:38 +0000

I started eating these cookies in Denver, where I grew up, at a jewish bakery. I’d never had the real thing until I moved to NYC, but now they’re one of the better treats I can think of. I always eat chocolate first and then vanilla, but I’d never thought of eating down the line. Maybe I can get myself to try that next time, if I can manage to break out of habit.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:52:25 +0000

these are really awesome cookies. I think i like the vanilla side better too :p

By: Shari

Shari — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:58:31 +0000

I keep hearing about these cookies, but I’ve never tried them. Now, I have to! Thanks for the recipe.

By: Peg

Peg — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:05:15 +0000

Half moon cookies!! Yes! They were CHOCOLATE cookies, not vanilla ones, and everyone knows eating the vanilla-frosted side last made for a more satisfying half-moon cookie eating experience.

The bakery in my hometown (Elmira NY), Light’s, still makes these and they’re awesome. I think the main bakery in Corning also makes them still. Taste just like when I was a kid; I try to grab some when I am in town.

I’d love to try and and make them–they’re a very cakey cookie. This recipe looks worth a try, too. I bake cupcakes for a local cafe and am thinking fo doing a half-moon cupcake…chocolate of course!

By: Sue V

Sue V — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:30:21 +0000

These cookies were known as “half moon cookies” in upstate NY where I grew up.

Upstate NYers figure they invented them. (That’s about all they have claim-to-fame anyway. There’s not much else going on there.)

You never baked them but always got them from a commercial bakery where they used lard and all sorts of fake ingredients and transfats. They were a pleasant change in your school lunch but I haven’t had one in years. My eating habits have changed a lot since then.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:11:53 +0000

I love how cookies and cakes can conjure up such great memories. I’ve never had a black & white cookie, but I’ll fix that soon :)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:40:04 +0000

I love B & W cookies, but a good one from a bakery is so very rare. Thanks for this recipe!