Chocolate Waffle Turtle Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, melted
    1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    4 eggs, lightly beaten
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    Glaze
    1/4 cup butter
    3 tablespoons water
    3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
    1 cup chopped toasted pecans (optional)
Preparation
    Preheat waffle iron.
    In a large bowl stir together melted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, 1/2 cup cocoa powder and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
    Add flour; stir just until combined.
    Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of batter into center of each waffle grid.
    Cook on medium-high heat about 2 minutes, adjusting heat as necessary.
    Using a fork transfer cookies to rack; cool.
    Repeat with remaining batter.
    When cool, mound cookies on a platter.
    For glaze: In a small saucepan heat 1/4 cup butter and water over low heat until melted.
    Add the 3 tablespoons cocoa and stir until smooth.
    Remove from heat.
    Beat in powdered sugar and the 1 teaspoon vanilla.
    Stir in additional hot water, if needed, to reach drizzling consistency.
    Drizzle over cookies along with caramel topping.
    Sprinkle with pecans.

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