Turtles® Cookies I recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
36 pecan halves
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
¼ cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 ¾ cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Nutrition Info

309 calories
carbohydrate: 41.5 g
cholesterol: 54.3 mg
fat: 15.4 g
fiber: 1.6 g
protein: 3.9 g
saturatedFat: 7.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 153.9 mg
sugar: 27.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream butter or margarine, gradually add brown sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

  2. Add 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, and vanilla, beating until well blended.

  3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt, add to creamed mixture, mixing well.

  4. Chill dough at least 1 hour.

  5. Arrange pecan halves in groups of 5 on ungreased cookie sheets, resembling head and legs of turtles.

  6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and dip bottoms in remaining egg white. Press gently onto pecans to resemble turtle bodies. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Spread frosting on top of cookies.

  7. To Make Frosting: Combine chocolate squares, milk and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine in a small saucepan, cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Remove from heat. Add approximately 1 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar, beat until smooth.

Recipe Yield

2 1/2 dozen

Recipe Note

I haven't made these in years and had a hard time finding the recipe:-)

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