Clothes Pin Cookies Recipe 45

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.

CLOTHES PIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix 1/4 pound of the butter with 3 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, egg yolks, and water. (Done like making pie dough with a pastry blender.)
• Chill for 1 hour then roll out like pie dough on a floured pastry sheet. Spread another 1/4 pound of the butter over dough. Fold dough together and refrigerate 1 hour. Repeat this procedure until all of the butter is used.
• Cut dough into fourths. Wrap each quarter in plastic wrap. Chill.
• Take out one quarter at a time and allow to stand at room temperature long enough that it softens enough that the dough can be rolled.
• Roll dough out on floured pastry sheet/ board. Cut dough into 1/2 inch wide X 4-5 inch long strips. Wrap around clothes pins or dowel pins pinching ends.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned. Slide off sticks while still very warm and then cool completely.
• To Make Filling: In a saucepan over medium heat, cook 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup flour until thick stirring constantly. Let cool.
• Cream together shortening, confectioners' sugar, marshmallow cream, and vanilla. Add cooked mixture to creamed mixture and beat till fluffy. Fill cooled pastry curls with filling.

HOMEMADE CLOTHESPINS

Steps:

• 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 ½"x6" long strips using a pizza cutter. Wrap each strip around a cone-shaped cookie form (or a wooden dowel rod), 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.

CLOTHES PIN COOKIES RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• mix crisco and oleo together you can also use all oleo in large bowl sift flour and sugar: add 1/2 cup of crisco mixture; mix as or pie crust; add egg-water mixture and mix together till dough does not stick to fingers, dough should be soft, but workable. put in refrigerator for 1 hour. roll out on floured board 1/2 inch thick, spread with 1/2 cup crisco mixture. fold up like purse. repeat 3 times. after spreading and folding and refrigerating for 1 hour, then roll out, cut dough into 4 parts and roll out first part into 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate other parts each time to keep dough cool; cut into strips about 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. wrap around clothes pins overlapping a little as you roll. bake at 425 for 5 min then lower heat to 375 for 10 min. remove from clothes pins while still warm as they break easy. filling: Mix at low speed in electric mixer, blend well. mix resembles marshmallow cream. (if too thick add more milk or too thin add sugar.) fill with cookie or pastry tube fluffy filling; cook milk and flour unitl thick and creamy white sauce. Let cool. Beat sugar and crisco, or half butter and half crisco until creamy with electric mixer. add white sauce and beat at high speed until like cream. color or tint use as filling for clothes pin cookies. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 136 Calories; 1g Fat (5.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 31g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 11mg Cholesterol; 9mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

CLOTHES PIN COOKIES (MINI CREAM HORNS)

Steps:

• CRUST: Mix flour, salt, powdered sugar, and butter for pie dough; then add beaten egg and water to mixture.
• Roll on a floured surface and spread 1 cup shortening on top of dough, fold up and place in fridge for 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough again on floured surface and spread remaining cup of shortening on top, fold and place in fridge for 2 hours.
• Roll out small batch of dough on floured surface (I divide dough into fourths).
• Cut into 6 x 1/2-inch strips and spiral wrap around clothes pins (overlap the dough, don't leave spaces).
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 12-15 minutes at 370°F.
• Remove from clothes pin while still warm (about 5 minutes after taking from the oven) to prevent breakage.
• FILLING: Place all ingredients in bowl, mix well.
• Use a piping bag or cookie press to fill each cooled cookie.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

CLOTHES PIN COOKIES

Steps:

• THE FILLING: Mix 3/4 cups sugar, 1 egg, 3 tablespoon flour and 3/4 cup milk, and cook until thick. Let cool. Then add 1 cup shortening, 1/2 stick butter, 1/2 cup Crisco and 1 tsp. vanilla. Mix shortening with pudding with mixer. Best to make filling 1st and have it chilling in the fridge. When cookies are cooled, squeeze the filling in the cookies.
• THE COOKIE: Mix 3 cups flour, 1 1/4 cups water, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 eggs yolks. Mix as you would pie dough and refrigerate 1 hour. Roll out like for pie dough and spread with 1/2 cup Crisco.
• Fold over and put in frig. for 1 hour. Repeat this step 3 more times.
• When ready to bake, roll out for baking. Take 1/4 of dough roll 1/8 inch thick and 1/2 inch wide. Wrap around clothes pins. Wrap loose and make sure to overlap the edges. Bake until brown at about 400°F about 10 minutes. Take off clothes pin as soon as they come out of the oven and let cool.