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Half Moon Cookies




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




FOR THE COOKIES:
3 3/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 1/4 cup sugar
16 tbsp. margarine, cut into pieces
3/4 cup cocoa, sifted
1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups milk

FOR THE FUDGE ICING:
3 1/2 oz. bittersweet chocolate
3 1/2 oz. semisweet chocolate
1 tbsp. butter
4 1/3 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
2 tbsp. corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch salt
FOR THE BUTTERCREAM ICING:
7 cups confectioners’ sugar
16 tbsp. room temperature butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
7 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
Pinch salt


Recipe



1. For 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.

2. For the fudge icing: Melt bittersweet and semisweet chocolates and
butter
in the top of a double boiler over simmering water over medium heat. Add
confectioners’ sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, salt, and 6 tbsp. boiling water
and
mix to a smooth, stiff paste with a rubber spatula. Thin icing with up to 8

tbsp. more boiling water. Icing should fall from a spoon in thick ribbons.
Keep icing warm in a double boiler over low heat.

3. For the buttercream icing: Put sugar, butter, shortening, milk, vanilla,

and salt in the bowl of a standing mixer. Beat on low speed to mix, then
increase to medium and beat until light and fluffy.

4. 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.

Makes about 30 cookies.