Snappy Turtle Cookies

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CourseDessert

CuisineAmerican

Ingredients Directions

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 cups sifted Pillsbury’s Best Enriched Flour
• 1/4 teaspoon soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar creaming well.
• 1 egg and
• 1 egg yolk; beat well. (Reserve white.)
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon maple flavoring.

Directions

 

1. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10-12 minutes. Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
2. Sift together
3. Blend together
4. Add
5. Blend in
6. Add
7. Dry ingredients gradually; mix thoroughly.
8. Arrange
9. Split pecan halves (rounded side up) in groups of three in greased baking sheets to resemble head and legs of a turtle.
10. Mold
11. Dough into balls (use rounded teaspoonful of dough for each). Dip bottom into egg white and press onto nuts.
12. Bake
13. In Moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool and frost generously.

Chocolate Frosting

Combine 2 squares (2-oz.) Baker’s CHocolate, 1/4 cup milk and 1 tablespoon butter in top of double boiler. Heat over boiling water until chocolate melts; blend until smooth.
Remove from heat; add 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar. Beat until smooth and glossy.