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Turtle Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in egg, egg yolk, vanilla and maple flavoring then set aside.
  • Sift together flour, salt and baking soda.
  • Add dry ingredients gradually to creamed mixture until you have smooth dough.
  • Chill 2 hours then shape dough into oval balls.
  • Place 5 pecan halves in form of turtle feed and head on cookie sheet.
  • Dip bottoms of dough into egg white then press slightly onto pecan halves.
  • Bake at 350 for 12 minutes and cool then cover with frosting.
  • For frosting melt chocolate, milk and butter then beat in powdered sugar until smooth.

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    " It was excellent "
    nazzb ate it and said...
    Why why why? i am a diabetic - have mercy!
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  • krumkake 15 years ago
    You know my addiction to cookies - THIS will be made soon (no way can this wait until the holidays)...these sound absolutely fabulous!
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    " It was excellent "
    ahmed1 ate it and said...
    I am saving this one to make soon.Thanks for sharing!
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    " It was excellent "
    elgab89 ate it and said...
    Hmmm! Now this is a dilema! I think I will save this one for my cookie exchange, too (or better for me only!)
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