Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are soft and chewy cookies that are sweet and chocolaty. These cookies are so delicious that I want to consider them their own food group.

Author: Wondermom Wannabe

Meal Type: Fish Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 289 kcal per serving

Ingredients

½ cup - butter
⅓ cup - sugar
1 - egg
1 tsp - vanilla
1 teaspoon - baking powder
½ teaspoon - salt
1 ⅓ cups - flour
½ cup - milk chocolate chips
½ cup - butter
2 tablespoons - cocoa
3 tablespoons - milk
2 ½ cup - powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Add the egg, and vanilla, and blend until smooth.
In a bowl, mix together the baking powder, salt, and flour. Add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl, and mix on low until all the flour is incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl, and blend again.
Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave, at 15 second intervals, stirring in between, until chocolate chips are melted. Stir until smooth, and add to the mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed until well blended.
Drop by the Tablespoonful onto a non stick cookie sheet (you can also line the cookie sheet with Parchment paper). Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, until completely baked. Remove from oven, and leave cookies on cookie sheet.
While cookies are baking, make the Icing: In a medium sauce pan, place the butter, cocoa, and milk, and stir until melted, and smooth. Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in powdered sugar, stirring until completely smooth.
Spoon the Icing over the cookies on the cookie sheet, and allow Icing to set as cookies cool. Once cookies have completely cooled, remove from cookie sheet, and place on a cookie platter.

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