TURTLE COOKIES

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Not only are these cookies delicious, they're so cute! I got the recipe from my grandmother, who's been making them for years. We usually double the recipe, because they disappear quickly!

Provided by Kree6528

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 2 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg, divided
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
pecan halves

Steps:

  • Sift together dry ingredients.
  • Cream butter and brown sugar; add egg yolk.
  • Blend in vanilla and mix well.
  • Gradually add dry ingredients and blend.
  • Arrange pecans in groups of 3 on greased cookie sheet (1 for the head and 2 for the flippers).
  • Mold dough into balls and dip bottoms in unbeaten egg white.
  • Place on the pecans as the turtle body.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
  • Cool.
  • Frost with chocolate frosting (your favorite recipe or canned).

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