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Chocolate Sheet Cake Cookies

Course Dessert
Servings 20 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • ½ Cup Butter, softened
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 3 Tablespoons Cocoa powder
  • Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ Teaspoon Salt
  • ½ Teaspoon Cinnamon, optional
  • 1 ⅓ Cups Flour
  • ½ Cups Semi-sweet Chocolate chips, melted

Icing

  • ½ Cup Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder
  • 3 Tablespoons Milk
  • 2 ½ Cups Powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • In an electric mixer cream together butter and sugar until well combined and creamy. Add in egg and vanilla extract and beat until everything is fully incorporated.
  • Mix in cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and flour until it forms a batter. Pour in melted chocolate and stir until well combined.
  • Scoop dough, form into balls and place onto a lined baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until cookies are just dry on top. Be careful not to overbake.
  • Remove tray from oven and leave cookies on baking tray to cool completely.
  • Once cookies are completely cool prepare icing. In a saucepan melt butter. Add remaining ingredients, whisking until smooth and pourable. If mixture is too thick add more milk 1 teaspoon at a time to get to a pourable consistency.
  • Pour frosting over cooled cookies on baking tray. Let cookies sit for a couple of hours for icing to completely set.
  • Remove and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.