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I am still working through my daughter’s spring break recipes. These Texas sheet cake cookies are way better than they look. The cookie by itself was so good. Then, the cookie gets topped with more chocolate. OMG. It is a chocolate lovers lifeline. If you are feeling down, or need a kick-start, this is your recipe.
Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
My daughter is such a wonderful partner in the kitchen. How often have I said that? My enjoyment of her participation begins before she even gets home from College. Like me, she is planning our menu, our must make when she is home. Like me, the list contains so many more recipes than we can possibly accomplish in the time she is home. She loves the looking and researching different ideas. Whether it is going on Pinterest, Foodgawker, or simply googling a recipe idea, she sends me a google doc with all the potential recipes.
I, then, balance what she wants to make with what I would enjoy. That means, I mostly go with what she wants which I am totally cool with. But, I do have to admit, if I really don’t want to eat one of her recipes, I will say lets look at the other ideas. All in all, it is a pretty good partnership and, what father, would not want to spend time with his amazing daughter?
- 1 stick butter, softened
- â…“ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1â…“ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- ½ cup butter
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoon milk
- 2½ cups powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix on low.
- Add baking powder and salt.
- Add flour in batches. Dough will be thick.
- Meanwhile, melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and cook for 30 seconds. Keep melting in increments until melted - stir in between each heating.
- Stir melted chocolate straight into the cookie dough.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 10 minutes allowing the dough to set.
- Scoop the dough using an ice cream scoop and place onto a Silpat-lined baking tray.
- Bake 5-7 minutes, until tops of cookies are just set. Err on the less bake side - do not overbake these! They will still be soft when they come out of the oven.
- Wait a few minutes before transferring to a wax-paper lined baking sheet.
- Arrange cookies so that they are almost touching each other.
- Heat one stick butter, cocoa powder, and milk in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Whisk together until smooth.
- Gradually whisk in the powdered sugar. Stir well.
- Just pour the icing over the top of the cookies. There will be too much icing but go ahead and use it.
- Allow icing to set. Feel free to put in the fridge to help set.
- Serve and enjoy!
Ingredients
Be sure to whip or sift your dry ingredients.
Dry Ingredients Sifted or Whipped
When adding in your butter, make sure that it is good and cold.
Cold Butter Added
When the butter is cut in, little balls form.
Cold Butter Cut In
Be sure to leave room when the cookies are put on the tray.
Cookies in Baking Tray
The chocolate sauce is deep and rich.
The Chocolate Topping
Go ahead. Pour all the chocolate over the baked cookies.
Chocolate Topping Poured All Over the Cookies
The finished product.
Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
These look great Peter and guess they would melt if you sent them all the way to me! 🙂
Pinned and shared Cheers Joanne
You are so funny Joanne.
My daughter and I are the same way. That is so special when you have someone to cook with. You and your daughter make a great team, Peter. These cookies look marvelous. Have a wonderful day my friend, Catherine~
You are a very lucky person!
I had to come over and see Texas Sheet Cake cookies!! Oh my gosh they look chewy fudgey delicious!
They were so good. Did not last long.
What an amazing thing you and your daughter have, to be able to share your love of food together. Those will be memories she will keep with her forever, so special. And these cookies, well these cookies are drool worthy!
You are so right but these are memories that I cherish and will hold forever!
Oh wow!! These cookies are just fantastic! I am a huge chocolate lover so I am all over these cookies!
Thx Nicole.
These look deliciously decadent, chocolate heaven.
Yes and yes!
Oh my! Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! These are screaming my name!
I can hear them now!
Any kind of cookie is good with me 🙂
Me too and that is the problem! 🙂