Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 30 servings 
  
  1 1/2 c  Sifted flour 
    1/4 ts Baking soda 
    1/2 ts Salt 
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine 
    1/2 c  Brown sugar, packed 
      2    Eggs 
    1/4 ts Vanilla 
           Pecan halves 
 
-----------------------------CHOCOLATE FROSTING----------------------------- 
      2 oz Unsweetened chocolate 
    1/4 c  Milk 
      1 tb Butter or margarine 
      1 c  Sifted powdered sugar 
  
  Resift flour with soda and salt. Cream 1/2 cup butter and brown sugar 
  together thoroughly. Add 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk and beat well. Stir in 
  vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Arrange pecan halves in groups 
  of 3 or 5 on greased baking sheets to resemble head and legs of turtle. 
  Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls. Dip bottom of each into 
  remaining unbeaten egg white and press lightly onto nuts so tips of nuts 
  show. Bake at 350F 10 to 13 minutes. Cool. 
   
  Meanwhile, to make frosting, combine chocolate, milk and 1 tablespoon 
  butter in top of double boiler. Cook over simmering water, stirring until 
  smooth. Remove from heat and beat in powdered sugar until smooth and 
  glossy, adding more sugar if needed. Frost top of cookies.