Texas Brownies (Ranch Style Sheet Pan Dessert)
These Texas brownies are rich, chocolatey, and baked in a sheet pan for easy serving. Topped with a smooth, fudgy frosting, they’re a simple, reliable dessert that’s perfect for feeding a crowd and always disappear fast!
Why You’ll Love These Texas Brownies
- Rich, chocolatey and perfectly fudgy
- Easy sheet pan recipe that feeds a crowd
- Simple ingredients you likely already have
- Smooth frosting spreads easily while warm
- Great for potlucks, gatherings, or make-ahead
Texas Brownies (Sheet Pan Style)
Rich, chocolately Texas brownies baked in a sheet pan and topped with a smooth, fudgy frosting. This easy, feed-a-crowd dessert is perfect for potlucks, family gatherings, or anytime you need a simple, reliable chocolate dessert that disappears fast.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 400℉ and line an 18×13 half sheet pan with parchment
- Over medium heat in a large saucepan, combine butter, water and cocoa. Stir until boiling
- Remove from heat and mix in buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and baking soda
- Add flour and sugar (do not over mix)
- Pour into sheet pan lined with parchment paper
- Bake for 16-18 minutes until set in the center and the toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs
- During last 10 minutes of baking, combing butter, cocoa and milk in another sauce pan to make the frosting
- Continuously stir and heat to boiling
- Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla
- Immediately pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as they're out of the oven
- Cool for 30 minutes and cut into bars
Ingredients
See recipe card below for full ingredient list.
Tips for Best Texas Brownies
- Don’t overtake – pull them when the center is just set
- Frost while warm so it spreads smooth
- Use parchment for easy removal and clean cuts
- Let cool completely before slicing
- Add a pinch of extra salt or a tsp of espresso powder to wet ingredients to enhance chocolate flavor
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