CLOTHES PINS

CLOTHES PINS

by Maryann Demarinis Fiala

This was my mother’s recipe and they are delicious!

Dough

3cups flour

2tbsp. sugar

1lb. shortening, divided

2egg yolks, beaten with 11/4 cups water

Add sugar to flour; cut in 1/4 of the shortening (The other 3/4 of shortening will be used to spread on dough). Add egg yolks beaten with water and mix as you would for pie. Put mixture in refrigerator. Once an hour, take out the fridge and spread with 1/3 of remaining shortening. Do this three times. Take 1/4 of the dough out of the fridge to work at a time. Roll and cut into 8” strips and wind loosely around clothespins. Bake at 425 degrees for 5 minutes and 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool for two minutes and work gently off of pins as cookies are easy to break.

Filling

1cup milk

4tbsp. flour

1/2cup butter

2cups powdered sugar

6tbsp. marshmallow whip

1 tsp. vanilla

Cook milk and flour until thick; let cool. Cream together butter, powdered sugar, marshmallow whip and vanilla. This is enough for approximately 100 cookies. Pipe into cookies with desired decorating tip.