Chocolate Turtles

Photo: flickr user @joefoodie

Ingredients

2 sqrs unsweetened chocolate

cup Butter

2 Eggs

cup Sugar

1 cup Flour

teaspoon Baking powder

1 teaspoon Vanilla

2 cups Confectioners' sugar

cup Cocoa

6 tablespoons Milk

Chopped nuts

Preparation

Melt chocolate and butter. Cool. Beat eggs with sugar. Add flour, baking powder and vanilla. Blend in chocolate mixture. Brush cold waffle iron with liquid shortening or coat with spray shortening. Heat waffle iron to medium heat. Drop a teaspoon of dough in middle of each section of waffle iron.

Cover and bake 1 minute. Loosen with a fork and place on rack to cool. Frost with chocolate glaze: Combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Add milk gradually until mixture is spreadable. Drop scant teaspoon of frosting in middle of cookie; sprinkle with chopped nuts.