Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Texas Sheet Cake cookies are everything you love about the classic dessert! Rich, soft, and smothered in melty chocolate frosting.
Servings 28 cookies
Calories 220kcal
Ingredients
COOKIES
- 1 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping
- 2/3 cup chopped nuts pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Combine melted butter and cocoa powder. Stir until smooth.
- Cream brown sugar and white sugar with the butter/cocoa mixture.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Stir in salt, baking soda, and flour.
- Chill dough for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix frosting ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Scoop dough onto cookie sheets using a medium cookie scoop (2 Tbsp. size).
- Bake cookies for 9 minutes.
- As soon as cookies come out of the oven scoop 1 tablespoon of frosting onto each cookie. Allow cookies to sit 3 minutes to allow frosting to soften and begin to melt.
- Spread frosting over cookies.
- Sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired.
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Notes
I use my stand mixer, but a hand mixer or Danish dough whisk works as well.
I always use salted butter in my baking, but you can use unsalted butter.
Nutrition
Calories: 220kcal