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    Turtle Cookes


    Source of Recipe


    unknown-in the family for years

    List of Ingredients




    1 c. margarine
    1 c. brown sugar
    3 eggs
    2 egg yolks
    reserved egg whites
    1/2 tsp. soda
    3 c. flour
    1/2 tsp. salt
    pecan halves

    Recipe



    Sift flour, salt, and soda. Cream margarine, sugar , 3 eggs and the egg yolks. Blend in vanilla and dry ingredients. (Dough will be soft.) Chill.
    Arrange split pecan halves in groups of three or five on greased cookie sheet to resemble head and legs of turtle. Mold dough into balls and dip bottoms in the reserved egg white. Press dough on nuts.
    Bake 10 to 12 min. in 350 oven. Cool and frost with 1 cup chocolate chips, ½ c. milk, and ¼ c. butter, melted together in double boiler, then mixed with about a pound of powdered sugar. (Dip just the tops of the turtles in the chocolate mixture.)
 

 

 

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