Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Found this one closetcooking.com. They look amazingly delicious.

Mix the flour , cocoa and salt in a bowl.

Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.

Beat in the egg yolk , milk and vanilla.

Mix in the flour mixture.

Cover and refrigerate for an hour.

Whisk the egg whites until frothy.

Form the dough into 1 inch balls.

Dip the balls in the egg white and then in the pecans.

Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet with the pecans face up.

Indent the center of the balls with a teaspoon.

Bake in a preheated 350f oven until set , about 10-12 minutes rotating the baking pan in the middle.

Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of dulce de leche and top with a pecan.

all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, butter, sugar, egg yolk, milk, vanilla extract, pecans, egg whites, dulce de leche, pecan halves