Frosted Turtle Cookies

Name: Frosted Turtle Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps baking cocoa; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters brown sugar, packed; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 3 Tbsps butter, softened; 1 egg; 1 egg, seperated; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 80 halves 1/2 pound pecan halves; 355 milliliters powdered sugar, sifted; 0 teaspoons salt; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract; 59 milliliters whipping cream

Frosted Turtle Cookies is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 256 calories, 3g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have whipping cream, egg, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Stir together flour, soda and salt. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add flour mixture, mixing well. Stir in vanilla. (Dough will be soft.) Cover and chill 30 minutes. Arrange pecan halves in groups of five on greased baking sheets to resemble head and legs of turtle.

Ingredients you will need

Pecan Halves

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pop

Equipment you will use

Hand Mixer

Baking Sheet

Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, using a rounded teaspoonful of dough for each so tips of nuts will show when cookies are baked. Dip bottom of dough into unbeaten egg white and press lightly onto nuts; flatten tops slightly.

Ingredients you will need

Egg Whites

Dough

Nuts

Dip

Bake at 350 for 12 to 14 minutes. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely on wire racks.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Beat butter in a small mixing bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, cocoa, and whipping cream, beating until smooth. Generously spread frosting on top of cookies.

Ingredients you will need

Whipping Cream