Caramel Pecan Turtles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter flavor crisco (or 1 butter flavor crisco stick)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 28 caramels
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 3 cups pecan halves
• 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 cream butter flavor crisco and sugars together. add milk. beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.
• 2 combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. mix into creamed mixture.
• 3 chill for one hour.
• 4 heat oven to 350ºf.
• 5 roll out 1/3 of the dough at a time, to about 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface.
• 6 cut out with 2 1/4-inch cookie cutters. place 2 inches apart on un-greased baking sheet. bake for 5-6 minutes, or until edges are slightly golden. remove immediately to cooling rack.
• 7 caramel and chocolate topping.
• 8 combine caramels and milk in microwave-safe bowl. cover with waxed paper. microwave at 50%(medium). stir after 1 minute. repeat until smooth (or melt on rangetop in small saucepan on very low heat).
• 9 drop rounded teaspoonfuls on top of each cookie. place 3 pecan halves around edge of caramel to resemble turtles.
• 10 place chocolate chips in microwave-safe cup. microwave at 50% (medium)for 1 minute. stir after 1 minute. repeat until smooth (or melt on rangetop in small saucepan on very low heat).
• 11 place melted chocolate in a small plastic baggie. cut the corner off the bag and drizzle a small amount of chocolate in the center of the cookie. do not cover the pecans. cool completely.