Turtle Cookies
From henrie 16 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 15
These are cute and quite tasty, that is if you like the turtle candies.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened shopping list
- 2 Tbsp. water shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups flour shopping list
- 1/8 tsp. salt shopping list
- pecan halves shopping list
- 8 vanilla caramels, each cut into fourths shopping list
- chocolate glaze (below) shopping list
- chocolate glaze shopping list
- 1 cup powdered sugar shopping list
- 1 Tbsp. water shopping list
- 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Mix brown sugar, margarine, water and vanilla.
- Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together (if dough is dry, stir in 1-2 tsp. water).
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- For each cookie, group 5 pecan halves (to form head and 4 legs like a turtle) on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Shape dough by teaspoonfuls around caramel pieces; press firmly onto center of each group of pecans.
- Bake until set but not brown, 12-15 minutes; cool.
- Dip tops of cookies in chocolate glaze.
- Chocolate Glaze:
- Beat powdered sugar, 1 tbsp. water, the chocolate and vanilla until
- smooth. If necessary, stir in water 1 tsp. at a time until desired
- consistency.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
These sound fantastic, adding to my holiday cookie list of cookies to make. 5 forks here.
chefmeow
in Garland loved it
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This sounds wonderfully easy and decadent! I can't wait to try it!
shepherdrescue
in Lake Forest loved it
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this is a big 5 to me im sorry people are so mean dont rate at all if they dont like it but just to be mean is not right im sorry ........i love them
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in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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