1 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk, reserve white
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. maple flavoring

Sift flour, soda and salt. Add butter to sugar, creaming well. Add egg and egg yolk, vanilla and maple flavoring, if desired. Add dry ingredients gradually, mixing thoroughly.

Place pecan halves in groups of five on greased baking sheets to resemble head and legs of a turtle. Mold dough into balls; dip bottoms into unbeaten egg white and press lightly onto nuts. Use a rounded teaspoonful of dough for each, so tips of nuts will show when cookie is baked. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool and frost tops with chocolate frosting.