Halfmoon Cupcakes

In Upstate New York Half moon cookies are very popular. I fooled everyone one day and brought some delicious homemade cupcakes over and frosted them with chocolate and vanilla frosting. Everyone thought they were half moon cookies instead of cookies! They all loved them. Moving to Florida I miss my hometown Utica, New York where these are popular cookies. In a pitch these bring back the hometown memories!

Best Hometown Bakeries in Utica New York from childhood

If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will find the original recipe I got from a friend that had a bakery in Utica. We do love half moon cookies. We love chocolate, vanilla, frosting, jelly topped with coconut, just about any kind at all. In Utica you will find half moon cookies just about everywhere. Hemstroughts, Holland Farms, Star bakery and many other local hometown bakeries

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Cupcake Recipe

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (do not sift the flour)

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cups milk

Canola oil

1 stick butter (not margarine), softened

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

3 large eggs

Preheat oven to 350°



In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing well.  Measure the 1-1/4 cups of milk in a 2 cup glass measuring  cup….then add enough oil to bring the liquid up to 1-1/3 cups.

Add the milk/vegetable oil mixture, butter and vanilla to the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium to medium-high speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl as needed.

Add the eggs and continue beating an additional 2 minutes. Fill paper lined cupcake tins.


Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center of cake comes out clean, or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center.

Cool completely.



Frosting

Cool. Frost half with white frosting and half chocolate frosting .

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla

add milk a tablespoon at a time until desired thickness enough to spread on cookie.

add 2 tablespoon of butter. This is for the vanilla side

Repeat above ingredients for chocolate, but add 1/4 cup dry cocoa powder and mix until smooth and spreadable.

Original Recipe for Half Moon Cookie Utica Style!