Snappy Turtle Cookies

Name: Snappy Turtle Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter; 237 milliliters sifted confectioners sugar; 1 egg, separated; 355 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons maple flavored extract; 59 milliliters milk; 42 pecan halves; 0 teaspoons salt; 57 grams unsweetened chocolate; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract

Snappy Turtle Cookies is a vegetarian recipe with 30 servings. One serving contains 82 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. If you have baking soda, brown sugar, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as an inexpensive dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda and salt. Cream 1/2 cup butter and gradually add 1/2 cup brown sugar, creaming well.

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Baking Soda

Brown Sugar

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Add egg and egg yolk and beat well. Blend in vanilla and maple flavoring.

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Maple Flavoring

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Egg

Add the dry ingredients gradually, mixing thoroughly. Chill to slightly firm dough.

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Dough

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

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Oven

Arrange pecan halves in groups of five on greased baking sheets to resemble head and legs of a turtle. Shape dough into balls; dip bottom into unbeaten egg white and press lightly onto nuts. Use a rounded teaspoon of dough for each, so tips of nuts will show when cookies are baked.

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Pecan Halves

Egg Whites

Dough

Nuts

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 10 to 13 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool; frost tops generously with Chocolate Frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting

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Oven

Combine 2 (1-ounce) squares of unsweetened chocolate ( or 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces), 1/4 cup milk and 1 Tablespoon butter in top of double boiler.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Semisweet Chocolate

Butter

Milk

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Double Boiler

Heat over boiling water until chocolate melts; blend until smooth.

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Chocolate

Water

Remove from heat; add 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat until smooth and glossy. If too thin, add more confectioners' sugar until the desired consistency.

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Powdered Sugar