Snapping turtles

48 cookies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 tablespoons Butter or margarine
⅓ cup Shortening
⅔ cup Packed brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1¾ cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Salt
Pecan halves
Assorted candy*
1 6-oz package semisweet chocolate pieces (1 c)

Directions

*Candies that work best are ½-inch pieces of chocolate-covered nougat bars with peanuts or caramel, candy-coated milk chocolate-covered peanuts, and chocolate-coated caramel candies. In a large mixer bowl beat butter or margarine and shortening with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Add brown sugar and beat till fluffy.

Add egg and vanilla. Beat well.

Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator about 1 hour or till firm enough to handle.

Turn oven to 325F. Follow directions for shaping turtles.* Bake in the 325F oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheets 1 minute. With a pancake turner lift cookies onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.

In small saucepan melt chocolate pieces over low heat. Spread atop cookies. Store in refrigerator.

*Shape the dough into 1-inch balls. Press a piece of candy into each ball and mold the dough around it. For feet, arrange on ungreased cookie sheets groups of 4 pecan halves so their ends touch. Space groups 2 inches apart. Put a ball of candy-stuffed dough atop each group of pecan halves.

from Better Homes and Gardens "Super Snacks" "Sweet Somethings" posted by Tiffany Hall-Graham

Submitted By NANCY O'BRION On 10-30-94

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