Snappin' Turtle Cookies

Instructions

1. Cream
2. butter;
3. gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
4. Add
5. 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, and vanilla, beating well. Combine flour,
6. soda
7. and
8. salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
9. Chill 1 to 2 hours.
10. Arrange pecan halves in groups of 5 on ungreased
11. cookie
12. sheets,
13. resembling head and legs of turtles. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, and dip bottom edges into remaining egg
14. white.
15. Press
16. gently
17. onto
18. pecans to resemble turtle bodies.
19. Bake
20. at
21. 350°
22. for
23. 10
24. to
25. 12
26. minutes; cool. Spread chocolate
27. frosting
28. on
29. tops
30. of cookies.
31. Yields 2 1/2 dozen.