Original "Snappy Turtle Cookie"

Directions

1. 1
   Sift together flour, soda and salt.
2. 2
   Cream butter.
3. 3
   Add brown sugar and sugar and cream well.
4. 4
   Add egg and egg yolk; beat well. Blend in vanilla and maple flavoring.
5. 5
   Add dry ingredients; mix thoroughly.
6. 6
   Arrange pecan halves, rounded side up, in groups of three on greased baking sheets to resemble head and hind legs of turtle.
7. 7
   Mold dough into balls, using rounded teaspoonfuls of dough; press onto nuts.
8. 8
   Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes.
9. 9
   Do not overbake.
10. 10
    Cool and frost.