Easy Clothespin Cookies
Also commonly known as Ladylocks.
3 packages Pepperidge Farms Frozen Puff Pastry, thawed
2 pounds powdered sugar
2 cups Crisco shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup milk
7 oz. jar marshmallow cream
food coloring (optional)
Preheat oven to 450 F. Thaw the pastry and roll out on a lightly floured surface until it forms a 12"x10" rectangle. Cut into 1/2"x6" long strips using a pizza cutter. Wrap each strip around a cone-shaped cookie form (available here), moistening slightly with water and overlapping the edges slightly. Bake for 5 minutes then turn oven down to 375 and bake for 10 more minutes. Carefully remove from forms and cool completely.
With an electric mixer on high speed, beat together sugar, Crisco, vanilla, and milk for 10 min. Add marshmallow cream and beat until combined. Color with food coloring, if desired. Using a pastry bag, pipe filling into cooled cookies. Sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar before serving. Store cookies in an airtight container. Cookies are best if refrigerated until used. May be frozen.
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Reviews of Easy Clothespin Cookies:
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A Cookie Baker in Ohio May 18, 2008
Would make this again.
I made this recipe this weekend for a wedding that I was helping to cater. The cookies turned out beautifully - they got rave reviews from the bridal party and guests! I used 1/2" wooden dowel rods that I sanded, scrubbed and then coated very heavily with Crisco before baking and was able to fit 7 cookies on each dowel - 4 dowels/tray. It worked well and plan to save the dowels to use again! They are time consuming to make (it took me 5 hours from start to finish), but WELL worth the effort! My yield was 20 dozen servable cookies.
A cookie baker in IND Dec 15, 2007
Would make this again.
super easy
A cookie baker Dec 10, 2007
Would make this again.
These took a bit of practice initially. The hard part was getting the cookies off the clothepins without breaking them. I ended up wrapping the pins with foil and greasing up with crisco and it was much easier. The cookies are delicious! I'm so glad I found the recipe. I was experimenting and so started with one pkg. pastry and it made a good 50 cookies (would have been more...I broke some).
Dec 10, 2007
Would make this again.
I have used a long wooden dow rod from craft stores, wrapped in foil instead of the clothespin. You can put several cookies on on rod.
A cookie baker in pa Dec 7, 2007
Would make this again.
Easy to make and taste better than home-made puff pastry. I got 20 doz. from I batch.
