Turtle Cookies

How to make Turtle Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 c butter (or margarine)
1/2 c light brown sugar 1 packed
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
1 egg white
1/4 t vanilla
1/8 t maple flavoring
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/4 t salt
1/4 t baking soda
1 pecan halves
2 oz solid baking chocolate
1/4 c milk
1 T butter
1 lb powdered sugar.

FROSTING:
Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, eggyolk, vanilla and maple flavoring. Set aside. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients gradually to the creamed mixture until you have smooth dough and then chill 2 hours. Shape 1 ts dough into balls. These should be oval shaped like a turtle body.

Dip bottoms into little of egg white. Press slightly onto greased cookie sheet on which groups of 5 pecan halves have already been placed to form a head and 4 feet of turtles. Bake at 350 10 to 12 minutes or until set and when cool, frost.

FROSTING-Melt:
chocolate, milk and butter. Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth.