Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

Author: OMGChocolateDesserts.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Prep time:  30 mins Cook time:  8 mins Total time:  38 mins
Serves: 24

Soft and fudgey cookie version of classic Texas Sheet Cake.

Ingredients

For the Cookies:
½ cup unsalted butter (softened at room temperature)
⅓ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1⅓ cup flour
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or 3.01 oz semi sweet baking chocolate) -melted

For the Icing:
½ cup unsalted butter
2 Tablespoon cocoa powder
3 Tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2½ 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.

*We (Bug and Jill) used 1 heaping TBSP of icing/cookie and had quite a bit left over.