Caramel Pecan Turtles

"Just one more won't hurt me!" "Hey! Who ate all the cookies?"
These are a cookie I made for a Great cookie Exchange back in 2005. I love vanilla and these are a good way to taste the flavor of it.

Cookie
1/2 Cup Shortening
1/2 Cup Butter
1 1/2 cups of Vanilla sugar/ granulated sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 TB Milk
3 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla

1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
4 to 5 cups flour

Cream shortening, Butter and sugars together. Add milk, beat in eggs one at a time, add vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Mix into sugar mixture. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out with
2 1/4" cookie cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove and cool on wire rack.

Caramel Topping
This recipe makes more caramel then you will need but its nice to have in the fridge for other snacks. Caramel corn, dipping apples, Ice cream. Just pop into the microwave for a few minutes stir and pour.

1 cup white corn syrup
1 cup vanilla sugar/ granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup butter
dash salt
Pecan halves
Mix all ingredients together and bring to boil. Boil for 5 min stirring constantly. Drop spoon full of hot caramel in center of each cookie. Place 3 pecans around caramel.

Chocolate Topping
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
Melt chocolate in double boiler stirring until smooth. Drop by spoon full in center of cookies. Cool

I hope you enjoy these cookies the vanilla sugar really gives them a great taste. If you do not have any vanilla sugar you can try adding more vanilla to your taste.