Description
Get the classic New York bakery experience with these soft, cake-like cookies topped with the iconic half-moon vanilla and chocolate icings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. lemon extract
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 4 Tbsp. milk, divided
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate cup, stir together milk and extracts.
- Cream butter and sugar, then beat in the egg.
- On low speed, alternate adding the dry and wet mixtures to the creamed butter until a smooth batter forms.
- Scoop 3-tablespoon portions of batter onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Whisk confectioners sugar and 3 tbsp milk. Divide in half. Add vanilla to one half, and cocoa powder and 1 tbsp milk to the other.
- Spread chocolate glaze on one half of the flat bottom of each cookie and vanilla glaze on the other. Let set.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
- For a different flavor, try adding almond extract.
- These cookies can be frozen for later use.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 30mg