Half and half cookies. My cookbook says they’re a “New York City bakery staple,” but I wouldn’t know. They are white cookies made by mixing a stick of butter with shortening, lemon zest, and sugar, then combining with dry ingredients and sour cream. The cookies come out very soft and taste puffed up like they’re ready to crumble on the inside. Having run out of confectioner’s sugar, I ended up with a very liquid frosting of butter and chocolate. You are meant to add yogurt to the frosting and divide it into two flavors, a chocolate frosting and a vanilla frosting, and dip half of each cookie into each. I didn’t have time for that, but it sounds like fun and I will certainly do it next time.
(Photo: Neighborhood bush, Silver Spring.)
365 Days of Food 