Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
- Cookies:
- 1/2 cup butter, room temp
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Icing:
- 1 cup butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 6 Tbsp milk
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- (You can half the icing recipe if you don’t want to do a double glaze)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg, vanilla, baking powder, salt and mix on low until incorperated.
- In a small bowl, melt chocolate chips in microwave 30 seconds at a time stiring in between. Just until melted.
- Pour melted chocolate in to cookie dough and mix on medium speed until mixed well.
- Place TBSP amount of dough on cookie sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes, just until set. Do NOT overbake. These should stay soft and dense in the middle when cooled.
- Leave cookies on cookie sheet and set on wire rack to cool.
- While cookies are cooling make icing. In a medium sauce pan, melt butter, cocoa, and milk and stir to combine. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar. Whisk until smooth.
- Once cookies are cooled, pour over first glaze. Let cookies set and then add a second glaze.
- When cooled and icing is set, remove from pan. use your fingers to sample the amzing icing left behind
- These will stay fresh in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.