Description
This is not your typical Texas Sheet Cake, but a cookie version that tastes just as amazing. One bite of these soft and fudgy Texas Sheet Cake Cookies will leave you reaching for more!
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened at room temperature)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or 3.01 oz semi sweet baking chocolate) -melted
For the Icing:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 Tablespoon cocoa powder
- 3 Tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg and vanilla and mix until well combined, mix in salt and baking powder.
- Gradually add in flour while mixing on low speed (dough should be thick)
- Mix in melted chocolate.
- Drop about Tablespoon size mound of a dough onto baking sheet.
- Bake about 8 minutes ( do not overbake them, the cookies should just appear set, but to stay soft on the inside).
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Icing
- Combine butter, cocoa powder, milk and vanilla in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, whisk until melted and combine, take from the heat and whisk in powdered sugar, pour over the cookies and cool completely.