Turtle Cookies

A recipe I got from a Gooseberry Patch cookbook, contributed by Cheri Emery, using a cake mix. It's posted as written, but I used 5 pecan halves to give them 4 legs and a head!:) I also added a rolo inside each so when you bite into them you get caramel too! It's important the dough is completely covering the rolo or it will seep out!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 20

Ingredients

• Cookies

• 18 1⁄2 ounces  fudge cake mix
• 1  tablespoon water
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 lb pecan halves

• Chocolate frosting

• 1  tablespoon butter
• 2  tablespoons  baking cocoa
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 2  tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Combine dry cake mix, water, oil and eggs, mixing well and set aside.
2. Arrange pecans in clusters of 3 on greased baking sheets.
3. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
4. Center each on a cluster of pecans and flatten slightly.
5. Bake 8-10 minutes at 375*.
6. Cool and frost.
7. FROSTING: Sift powdered sugar and cocoa, set aside. Cream butter and vanilla, then add the powdered sugar mixture and milk alternately until desired consistency.