Snappin' Turtle Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. margarine, softened
1 egg, separated
1 1/2 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. baking soda
12 1/2 doz. pecan halves

Preparation

Cream
butter;
gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add
1 egg, 1 egg yolk, and vanilla, beating well. Combine flour,
soda
and
salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
Chill 1 to 2 hours.
Arrange pecan halves in groups of 5 on ungreased
cookie
sheets,
resembling head and legs of turtles. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, and dip bottom edges into remaining egg
white.
Press
gently
onto
pecans to resemble turtle bodies.
Bake
at
350\u00b0
for
10
to
12
minutes; cool. Spread chocolate
frosting
on
tops
of cookies.
Yields 2 1/2 dozen.