When I was in elementary school in upstate New York, they sold Black & White Cookies in the cafeteria for a quarter apiece. They called them "Half Moon Cookies", but they were the same thing. I adored those cookies.
In middle- and high-school, I was able to get my Black & White fix at a bakery in a neighboring Connecticut town. And, when I first set out on my own in South Florida, there was an amazing Jewish bakeshop that sold them.
Imagine my dismay upon moving to Virginia Beach and not being able to find a source for my cookie fix. What??? That was no good. A few short years later, we moved here to Indiana and, alas, I couldn't find them here either. My mother-in-law, who hails from Boston, and I would gripe about this together. We would recall the utter deliciousness of those bakery-fresh Black & Whites.
A couple weeks ago, I went to the Meijer Mealbox website to print off a couple of coupons and, lo and behold, the featured recipe was for... Black & White Cookies. Now, I have absolutely no idea why it never occurred to me to seek out a recipe and make them myself. I bake just about every other thing in our home. But, once I saw it, I knew I had to try it...
My mother-in-law agreed... they tasted just like the ones we both recall from our childhoods. Hubby and kiddos (who had never had the pleasure of eating them before) were hooked.
There's something wonderful about spending time baking with your children... and turning one of your own childhood memories into one of theirs...
To read some more tips and recipes, check out Kitchen Tip Tuesday, hosted at Tammy's Recipes.
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1 comment:
I have never seen nor heard of those, but they sure look tasty! And you're so right about baking with kids. Messy -- yes, but OH the memories!
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