Grandfather’s Favorite Iced Chocolate Cookies

By srumbel

These cookies are my grandfather’s favorite iced chocolate cookies! They are an old family recipe for pillowy soft, cakey cookies iced with a tasty chocolate icing.
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Ingredients

• Chocolate Cookies
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• Icing
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4-5 tbsp milk
• 4 oz chocolate chips, melted

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix sugar and butter just until combined and smooth.
3. Add egg and milk and mix until smooth.
4. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add to wet ingredients. Mix until well combined.
5. Drop heaping tablespoons of cookie dough onto lined cookie sheet.
6. 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.
7. Once cookies are baked and cooled, combine powdered sugar and milk for icing. Add the melted chocolate then spread onto cookies.

Yield: makes 28-30 cookies