M & M's Brownie Turtle Cookies

M & M's Brownie Turtle Cookies
 
 2 ounces of unsweetened baking chocolate
 1/3 cup of solid vegetable shortening
 1 cup of granulated sugar
 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
 2 large eggs
 1 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
 1/2 teaspoon of salt
 1 cup of pecan halves
 1 cup of M&M's milk chocolate mini baking bits
 1 cup of prepared chocolate frosting

Instructions:

Preheat oven to350ºF. Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside. Heat chocolate and shortening in2-quart sauce pan over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted; remove from heat. Mix in sugar, vanilla and eggs. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in 2/3 cup M&M's Milk Chocolate Mini Baking Bits. For each cookie, arrange 3 pecan halves, with ends almost touching at center, on prepared cookie sheets.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto center of each group of pecans; mound the dough slightly. Bake 8 to 10 minutes just until set; do not over bake. Immediately remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Top each cookie with frosting; press remaining M&M's Milk Chocolate Mini Baking Bits into frosting to create turtle shell.. Notes: These chewy little turtles are as fun to eat as they are to make!

MAKES ABOUT 2 1/2 DOZEN COOKIES Recipe by: Mars Recipe by 1996 Mars, Incorporated Posted to brand-name-recipes by Barbra<barbra@pipeline.com> on Feb 03, 1998