Half Moon Cookies Recipe

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Half Moon Cookies
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Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
1345
Calories
Total time
23
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk , plus
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 dash salt

Directions:

  1. Cookies:.
  2. Mix the milk and vinegar together first and then set aside while you get the rest of the ingredients together.
  3. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  4. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and the baking cocoa (optional). Set aside.
  5. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the shortening and the eggs. Add the vanilla and then slowly add in the sugar. Mix well. Slowly (and carefully) add in about 1/3 of the flour mixture. Next, add in the milk. Continue adding the flour mixture and mix well.
  6. The cookie dough should be placed on the cookie sheet in about 1-2 tablespoons rounded amounts. I like to use a large ice cream
  7. Scoop for these cookies. You then get perfect circles and equal amounts every time. Place at least 4 inches apart as the cookies will spread. Use either a non-stick cookie sheet or grease a baking pan to bake the cookies on.
  8. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them set for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets. Then, remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and place, inverted, on a cooling rack.
  9. After they are completely cool, frost the flat bottoms of the cookies with half of one color and half of another. Do not overlap the colors. Instead let the two colors meet in the middle of the cookie.
  10. Frosting:.
  11. Cream together the shortening, vanilla, and about 2 tablespoons of water in a large mixing bowl. Add in the confectionary sugar slowly. Add water, a teaspoon at a time, to reach desired consistency. The frosting should be thinned just enough to make it easy to.
  12. Spread. Allow to mix at medium speed for 5
  13. Minutes. This will ensure a smooth, creamy frosting that will rival any frosting that you might taste in a bakery.
  14. Place half of the frosting in a second bowl and then color the two frostings the needed colors.
  15. Tips:
  16. For brown frosting: Add baking cocoa to the frosting when you add the confectionary sugar to the mixing bowl.
  17. For black frosting: start with chocolate frosting. It will save you adding a lot of black coloring.
  18. If you are using Wilton colors, realize that the colors will darken within a few hours as they dry. Therefore, make the colors
  19. Slightly lighter than you want them to be.
  20. Be sure to make enough colored frosting for as many cookies as you will be making. It's almost impossible to match a second batch of colored frosting exactly to the first.
  21. * I prefer to use Wilton icing colors. They are concentrated and will not make your frosting too liquidy. Plus, they come in
  22. Many different colors. You can find Wilton colors in any store that carries cake decorating products. If you would like though you can use the liquid colors that.
  23. You find at the grocery store.
  24. Note: If you will not be needing white frosting you can use 1/2 cup of shortening and 1/2 cup of butter. By doing so, the
  25. Frosting will be slightly yellow in color.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1344.78 Kcal (5630 kJ)
Calories from fat 520.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 57.89g 89%
Cholesterol 41.53mg 14%
Sodium 1603.9mg 67%
Potassium 241.29mg 5%
Total Carbs 200.87g 67%
Sugars 139.72g 559%
Dietary Fiber 7.52g 30%
Protein 9.82g 20%
Iron 4.2mg 23%
Calcium 237.1mg 24%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 415.67 Kcal (1740 kJ)
Calories from fat 161.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.89g 89%
Cholesterol 12.84mg 14%
Sodium 495.77mg 67%
Potassium 74.58mg 5%
Total Carbs 62.09g 67%
Sugars 43.19g 559%
Dietary Fiber 2.32g 30%
Protein 3.03g 20%
Iron 1.3mg 23%
Calcium 73.3mg 24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.9
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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