Snappy Turtle Cookies

Enjoy these turtle shaped cookies, frosted with chocolate – a tasty dessert treat!

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Bake-Off® Contest 04, 1952

Beatrice Harlib

Lincolnwood, Illinois

ingredients 14
Prep Time 1 hr 30 min
Total Time 2 hr 45 min

Ingredients

Cookies

1/2: cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2: cup margarine or butter, softened

1/4: teaspoon vanilla

1/8: teaspoon imitation maple flavor, if desired

1: egg

1: egg, separated

1 1/2: cups all purpose or unbleached flour

1/4: teaspoon baking soda

1/4: teaspoon salt

1: cup pecan halves, split lengthwise

Frosting

1/3: cup semisweet chocolate chips

3: tablespoons milk

1: tablespoon margarine or butter

1: cup powdered sugar

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Directions

1 In large bowl, combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, maple flavor, 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk; beat well.
2 Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate about 1 hour for easier handling.
3 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets. Arrange pecan pieces in groups of 5 on greased cookie sheets to resemble head and legs of turtle. In small bowl, beat egg white. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Dip bottoms in beaten egg white; press lightly onto pecans. (Tips of pecans should show).
4 Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
5 In small saucepan, combine chocolate chips, milk and 1 tablespoon margarine; cook over low heat, stirring constantly until melted and smooth. Remove from heat; stir in powdered sugar. If necessary, add additional powdered sugar for desired spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Let frosting set before storing. Store in tightly covered container.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 90
Calories from Fat: 45),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 5g; 5%
(Saturated Fat 1g, 1% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 55mg; 55%;
Total Carbohydrate: 10g; 10%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 6g 6% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Suzanne1010

report Posted Dec. 14, 2011 11:33 AM

I made this recipe when it first appeared as a contest winner.Lost the recipe book! SO glad to see it again and be able to make a batch for my book club's party!! Thanks!!

scarletmaple

report Posted Sep. 25, 2011 1:55 PM

A neighbor's Mom made these when I was a child and I loved them. When I requested the recipe from her many years later as an adult she refused and said it was a "secret family recipe". I recall she was always selfish and continued to be this way as an adult it seems. Thank goodness for the internet and folks who like to share. I can now enjoy these again!!!!!!

turtle272

report Posted Apr. 20, 2011 2:51 PM

My mother made these every year at Christmas (other times too, but mostly at Christmas). My sisters and I would come home from school and the table would be covered with turtles. Last Christmas I looked up the recipe and made them for my sisters and my family. They loved them because I made them bigger than my mother did and because they brought back such great memories of my mom. They are the best and so was she.

lsthomp

report Posted Sep. 29, 2010 4:13 PM

My mother made these cookies every Christmas as I was growing up,. for several years I was unable to find her recipe but finally discovered it in a Cook Off cookbook at the grocery store and was so elated. this cookie is wonderful, not too sweet,moist and delectable

TKMITCH

report Posted Dec. 17, 2008 12:13 PM

My Aunt Ann started bringing these to my family's Christmas gatherings once she married my Uncle. They were always my favorite as a child. After my grandma died the family began their own tradtions with their families and we didn't gather as often. Years later I mentioned to her how I loved these cookies and now each year she always makes them and sends a tin to me.