Prize Winning Turtle Cookie Recipe

I actually make a fairly big boo-boo in this video. I didnt read the recipe properly and didnt realize until I typed this up that you were supposed to add one cup of icing sugar to the chocolatebuttermilk frosting mixture! No wonder it was runny!! Over all thought the cookies were still REALLY good and I inadvertently cut out a fair amount of sugar. You can decide which version to try. 🙂 Turtle cookies: 1 12 cups all purpose flour 14 tsp baking soda 14 tsp salt 12 cup butter softened 12 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 egg AND 1 egg yolk (reserve the egg white) 14 tsp Vanilla 14 tsp Maple flavouring (optional) or use any flavouring you like Mix dry flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside. Cream together butter, sugar, 1 whole egg and one egg yolk and extracts in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients gradually and mix well. Chill dough if to sticky to work with. Split whole pecans lengthwise or use pecan pieces. Group five of them on a greased baking sheet to resemble head and legs of a turtle. Shape dough into 1 inch sized balls, dip the ball into the egg white and press the dough ball, dipped side down onto the pecan pieces. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes until firm to the touch and very light brown on bottom. Cookies do not spread much, okay to crowd them on cookie sheet. Cool cookies and frost the tops generously with frosting of your choice or use the recipe below: Combine 2 squares (2 oz.) of chocolate or 13 cup semi-sweet <b>…<b>