Old Fashioned chocolate Icing - Awesome old fashioned boiled icing

 

3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup of milk

1 stick of butter (melted)

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 

Cook  in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted bring to a simmer add nuts if desired pour on warm cake.

Texas Sheet Cake

 

Big Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

2 C. butter or margarine

2 C. brown sugar

1 1/2 C. white sugar

3 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

3 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

6 C. flour

1 large pkg. chocolate chips (at least 2 cups.... 3 is better)

Cream butter with sugars, then add eggs and vanilla and mix well.  Ad the rest of the ingredients and mix together well.  Roll in walnut sized balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.  Cool a minute on the cookie sheet and remove to rack to finish cooling.  Best served with a large glass of ice cold milk.