Description
This recipe for my Grandfather’s Favorite Iced Chocolate Cookies is an old family treasure! The chocolate cookies are pillowy soft, cakey and topped with a tasty chocolate icing.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookies
- 1 cup (208g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (112g) salted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (120ml) milk
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 (195g) cups all purpose flour
- 3 tbsp (22g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder
Chocolate Icing
- 2 cups (230g) powdered sugar
- 4–5 tbsp (60-75ml) milk
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Mix sugar and butter just until combined and smooth.
- Add egg and milk and mix until smooth.
- Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add to wet ingredients. Mix until well combined.
- Drop heaping tablespoons of cookie dough onto lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, then remove to cool. Allow cookies to sit on cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes, then remove to cooling rack.
- Once cookies are baked and cooled, combine powdered sugar and milk for icing. Add the melted chocolate then spread onto cookies.
- Cookies can be stored at room temperature for 4-5 days or be frozen for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 127
- Sugar: 15.7 g
- Sodium: 30.3 mg
- Fat: 4.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.4 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 14.5 mg
