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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  mrsnurse in PA in DuBois, PA  Apr 19, 2010
Would make this again.
I made these today for the second time and think the recipe is great - although time-consuming, they are easy. I had a total of 216 cookies. I'd like to pass along some tips that made this time much easier than the first time. First I baked them @ 400 degrees for 11-12 minutes....I didn't want to have to adjust the temperature so often. I used 1/2 inch dowel rods and cut them the length of the cookie sheets I was using and then wrapped each one in Non-stick aluminum foil (7-8 cookies fit on each rod.) What a difference that makes in getting the hot cookies off the rods without breaking them. I also used water to seal the exposed ends so that they didn't pop up while baking. I will be adding this to my list of favorite cookies to bake - and to eat! Again thanks for a great recipe! five stars

  A cookie baker in London, Ontario  Dec 16, 2009
Would make this again.
So good! I don't know anyone that doesn't like these. I use the wooden dowels wrapped in aluminum foil (thanks for the tip!) Although a bit time consuming, they are worth every minute. YUM! five stars

  Sandi in PA  Nov 19, 2009
Would make this again.
Thanks for helping me bring back my most favorite cookie ever!
I made this same recipe or one very similar every Christmas years ago, then I somehow managed to lose the recipe during a move so I haven't made them for a while. I was so glad to find the recipe again during a search.
My Christmas touch to these was always to split my filling in three and add some Red food coloring for 1/3,Green for 1/3 & 1/3 left white,making beautifully tinted pink & light green filling, to the white I would sprinkle a bit of Colored Sugar (Red & Green) on the ends of the cream filling! It made for a Beautiful festive Christmas cookie tray as well as delicious!
I always used clothespins before I inherited the straight cannoni metal tubes not cones and they worked just fine. They somehow also managed to disappear so it's back to the clothespins.
The clothespins are hard to find these days, you have to get them at a craft store like Michaels and I believe they are called doll making pins, if you search for clothespins.. nada.
You have to prepare them by baking the clothespins in a hot oven for a while before the first use so they don't spread during the cookie baking, and I also spray them with the butter flavored Pam before adding the Pastry!
To cut the expense (since the puff pastry is expensive and the recipe makes so many) you wouldn't have to buy 3 boxes,you just go with one and then just cut the filling recipe in half or third.You'd probably yield at least 6-7 dozen.
Mery Christmas to all and to all Happy Cookie baking! five stars

  Patty in Pittsburgh  Nov 17, 2009
Would make this again.
My mother gave me a box of cookie forms that she had found at gramajoanscookieforms.com and the recipe on the back of the box was very time consuming so I never tried them. But since finding this recipe, clothespin cookies are now easier than ever and I made a batch for a graduation and got excellent comments! five stars

  Linda in Ohio  Nov 9, 2009
Would make this again.
Would make this again.
I made these for my boyfriend after hearing him rave about a former neighbor making these for him when he was little. He loved them, and so did my family. They are time consuming and a little messy to make, but worth the effort. four stars

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