Best 5 Clothespin Cookies Recipes

CLOTHESPIN COOKIES (MINI LADYLOCKS)

Steps:

• 1. For the dough: Cut oleo into flour and sugar mixture. Add egg yolks and sour cream.
• 2. Mix well.
• 3. Shape into a long roll. Wrap in waxed paper and store in refrigerator overnight.
• 4. Take a small portion of the dough at a time and roll out on a floured board, about 1/8 inch in thickness.
• 5. Cut into strips of an inch wide and about 4 inches long.
• 6. Wrap around a wooden clothespin.
• 7. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for approx. 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly browned and not doughy. Keep your eye on the time, each oven is different.
• 8. For the filling: In a large mixer, add oleo, Crisco, sugar, and vanilla. Cream for 10 minutes. To that mixture add warm milk and marshmallow creme and whip until sugar dissolves. Chill filling in refrigerator at least 2 hours, it makes for easier filling.
• 9. With a pastry bag fitted with the appropriate attachment, fill the cookie shell with the filling and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

CLOTHESPIN COOKIES II

Steps:

• Cut the margarine into the flour by stirring with a fork or a pastry blender. Mix together the 2 egg yolks and the sour cream, stir into the flour mixture. Form a ball and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease clothespins lightly or cover with foil.
• Separate the dough into 2 pieces, leave one in the refrigerator until ready to use. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a large rectangle 1/4 inch thick. Cut into strips 6x3/4 inches. Wrap loosely onto prepared clothespins. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the clothespins while still warm. Cool before filling.
• In a medium bowl, cream the shortening, with the margarine and sugar. Add egg whites and vanilla, beat until smooth. Add the hot milk 1 teaspoon at a time , beat until creamy. Fill the cooled cookies using a pastry bag or a plastic bag with one corner cut off.

CLOTHESPIN COOKIES III

Steps:

• Place warm milk in a small bow and sprinkle the yeast over the top; stir and set aside. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt. Cut in the butter until lumps are no larger than peas. Stir in the yeast mixture and eggs to form a dough. Shape dough into a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Divide dough into 2 pieces. Roll each piece out into a 10 inch square. Cut into 14 strips. Wrap each strip in an overlapping spiral around the length of a greased wooden clothes pin. You can roll the pastry in sugar at this point if you like. Place covered clothes pins 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Carefully remove clothespins while cookies are still warm and place cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling: In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta cheese and 1/4 cup of white sugar. Fold in the beaten egg whites until evenly distributed. Gently fold in the candied cherries, walnuts and chocolate chips. Spoon into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip and pipe the filling into the cookies. Serve immediately after filling..

CLOTHESPIN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients, except 1 cup of Crisco. Chill for 1 hour. Roll out on floured surface. Spread 1/3 cup of Crisco over dough, fold and return to bowl; chill another hour. Repeat twice; chill overnight. Divide dough. Roll out on floured surface. Cut in strips 1/2 inch wide. Wrap tightly around aluminum foiled covered clothespin or dowels lightly greased . Bake at 400 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until olden brown. Cool. Remove from clothespin; fill with filling by using icing bag or gallon ziplock with corner tip clipped. Yields 100 cookies. Cream together butter and sugar with mixer until fluffy. Blend in marshmallow creme. Chilling prior to filling cookies makes icing easier to handle.

CLOTHESPIN COOKIES

Steps:

• CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR, ADD EGGS, FLOUR, VANILLA CHILL MIX THEN BAKE AT 400* FOR 10 - 12 MINUTES