Turtles® Cookies Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
• 1 cup chocolate coating wafers, melted

Recipe

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• in a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. stir in the vanilla, then the flour.
• roll the dough into walnut sized balls, roll the balls in the egg whites, then roll them in the chopped pecans. place the cookies 1 1/2 inches apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. using your finger, make an indention in the center of each cookie.
• bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottom of cookies are lightly browned.
• when the cookies come out of the oven fill the indentation with the caramel filling, and let cool. pour about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of chocolate over each cookie to cover the caramel center. let stand until chocolate is set.