Recipe(tried): M&M's Brownie Turtle Cookies

M&M'S BROWNIE TURTLE COOKIES

"These chewy little turtles are as fun to eat as they are to make!"

2 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened baking chocolate
1/3 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecan halves
1 cup M&M's milk chocolate mini baking bits, divided use
1 cup prepared chocolate frosting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside.

Heat chocolate and shortening in 2-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 into frosting to create turtle shell.

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies