Snappy Turtle Cookies

Who doesn`t like cookies.

Snappy Turtle Cookies
Mrs. Charles Brown

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg, and 1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon maple flavoring
pecan halves
1 egg white

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Cream butter or margarine, brown sugar, egg and egg yolk. Blend in vanilla and maple flavoring. Add dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Dough will be soft. chill, if desired. Arrange pecans in groups of three or five to resemble turtle heads and legs. Mold dough into balls. Dip bottoms into egg white and press lightly onto pecans so tips of pecans show. Use a rounded teaspoon of dough for each. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and frost generously.

Chocolate frosting

2 squares chocolate or 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1/4 cup milk
1 Tablespoon butter or margarine
1 cup confectioners sugar

Combine chocolate, milk and butter or margarine in top of double boiler. Heat until chocolate melts. Blend until smooth. Remove from heat and add confectioners sugar. Beat until smooth and glossy. If to thin, add additional confectioners sugar. Makes 2 1/2 dozen.