Sift together flour, salt and soda.
Cream butter and brown sugar.
Add egg and egg yolk.
Blend in vanilla.
Add dry ingredients gradually; mix thoroughly.
Arrange pecan halves in groups of 3 or 5 on greased cookie sheet to resemble head and legs of turtle.
Mold dough into balls; dip bottoms into unbeaten egg white and press lightly into nuts.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.
Cool and frost generously.
heet well.
Arrange 4 pecan halves in a cluster, flat
repared baking pan.
Sprinkle pecan halves evenly over the unbaked
Combine flour, brown sugar and butter.
Mix at medium speed, scraping sides of bowl often, 2 to 3 minutes, until particles are fine.
Pat firmly into ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
Place pecan halves evenly over unbaked crust.
Mix together butter and brown sugar and cook over medium heat in heavy 1-quart saucepan, stirring constantly, until entire surface begins to boil.
Continue to boil 1/2 to 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Pour evenly over pecan layer.
Bake near center of 350\u00b0 oven for 18 to 22 minutes until entire caramel layer is bubbly; remove from oven.
Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips on caramel layer.
Allow to melt slightly for 2 to 3 minutes, then swirl slightly.
Don't spread, leave some whole for a marbled effect.
13 pan.
Place pecan halves 1 inch apart all
f one layer with Creamy Pecan Frosting.
Place second layer
Use your favorite pecan pie recipe, but instead of the pecans, add 1 cup smooth peanut butter.
You can add a few chopped pecans, if desired.
he batter into pan. Drop Pecan Mixture by spoonfuls on batter
reased baking sheets. Push four pecan pieces into each ball for
ollops of whipped cream and pecan halves dipped in caramel, if
Sift together dry ingredients.
Cream butter and brown sugar; add egg yolk.
Blend in vanilla and mix well.
Gradually add dry ingredients and blend.
Arrange pecans in groups of 3 on greased cookie sheet (1 for the head and 2 for the flippers).
Mold dough into balls and dip bottoms in unbeaten egg white.
Place on the pecans as the turtle body.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Cool.
Frost with chocolate frosting (your favorite recipe or canned).
On a cookie sheet, arrange 5 pecan halves to resemble turtle's 4 feet and head.
Place 1 caramel in center of each turtle. Continue until there are no spare parts.
Place cookie sheet in preheated 325\u00b0 oven until caramels have softened, approximately 5 minutes.
Remove from oven with a buttered spatula or prebuttered fingers.
Place a chocolate kiss on each turtle.
(Chocolate will soften from heat of caramels.)
With a buttered spatula, gently swirl chocolate to cover caramel.
Transfer to waxed paper to cool.
ookie and top with a pecan half. Drizzle melted chocolate over
esired.
Stick a whole pecan half into each slice, and
eche and top with a pecan.
Refrigerate until set. Garnish with pecan halves and additional caramel topping
o cover completely.
Arrange pecan halves over caramel.
Cool
ookie bars and sprinkle with pecan halves. Cool completely on cooling
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For the smaller recipe, roll dough into a rectangle