I grew up in Rome, NY, and we also had half-moon cookies. The best ones were from the Cinderella bakery, and I remember them being 4-5" in diameter, with chocolate bottoms and frosted on the bottom side. I remember the bottoms being rounded. I think that bakery is long gone, but the last time I was in Rome you could get them at the local Dunkin' Donuts. I've had black and whites, and they are definitely not the same animal. Lemon was not in a half-moon cookies I knew.

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