Lady Locks Food

LADY LOCKS

Steps:

• Cream together butter, margarine, cottage cheese, salt and 4 cups of flour. Shape into a large square, cover and chill overnight.
• Cut dough into 4 quarters. Roll each quarter out individually, about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 8 inch strips, as wide as you like.
• Roll over tubes (I use clothespins covered with aluminum foil). Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) until brown.
• To make Filling: Cook milk and 4 tablespoons of flour until thick paste forms. Let cool completely.
• Beat shortening and confectioner's sugar until fluffy. Add marshmallow cream and vanilla. Then add COLD paste and beat.
• Fill tubes with cream filling. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar just before serving.

CREAM HORNS (LADY LOCKS)

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the butter, vegetable shortening, and sugar for about 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. Then mix in the egg yolks. Finally, mix in the flour and water until combined. Chill dough for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle your work surface with flour. Roll out 1/4 of the dough at a time until it's about 1/8-inch thick. Cut into strips that are 1/2-inch wide and 10 inches long. Then wind the strips around the foil-wrapped clothespins (or lady lock molds.) Bake on a cookie sheet for about 15 minutes or until the horns are just barely starting to brown.
• Remove the horns from the oven. Allow them to cool for about 2 minutes; then carefully remove them from the clothespins. (Don't let the horns cool completely on the molds or the horns will crumble easily. The horns will also crack more if they are overbaked.) Let the horns finish cooling.
• In the meantime, prepare the filling. In a saucepan, heat the milk and flour over medium-high heat while constantly whisking. Cook 8-10 minutes until thick. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter, vegetable shortening, and salt 5-6 minutes or until fluffy. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Then mix in the milk and flour paste and vanilla. Beat until combined and fluffy.
• Put the filling in a piping bag and then fill each horn. Before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Store refrigerated in an airtight container.

LADY LOCKS RECIPE

Steps:

• Sift together 3 1⁄2 cups flour, the baking powder and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar. Add the margarine, shortening and butter and cut in as for pie crust. Set aside.
• In a bowl, combine the egg yolks, evaporated milk, vanilla and yeast. Add to the flour mixture and mix well. Chill overnight.
• Heat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Working with small pieces of dough at a time, roll out on a board sprinkled with a mixture of 1⁄2 cup flour, 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar and the confectioners' sugar.
• Roll thinly, then cut into strips approximately 1⁄2-inch wide. Wrap on old-fashioned wooden clothespins that have been covered with foil and lightly greased, or use metal baking rods according to manufacturer's directions.
• Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Carefully remove the shells from the pins immediately. Let cool, then fill the shells with the filling, using a pastry bag.
• Combine the milk and flour. Cook over low heat until thick. Cool completely.
• Beat the flour mixture, using an electric mixer. Add the margarine, vegetable shortening, sugar, vanilla and salt. Beat at high speed until light and fluffy.

CLOTHES-PIN COOKIES.(LADY-LOCKS.)

Steps:

• Make FILLING 1st, put in fridge till cookies are baked.
• FILLING: Cook on low til thickened, milk, flour.
• Cool in fridge.
• Beat tog marg and crisco.
• Beat well.
• Add vanilla, and sugar.
• Beat well.
• Add the cooled flour mixture& beat, beat beat!
• DOUGH: Measure flour, add a pinch salt.
• Cut in 1 pound marg or butter (as for pie crust).
• Blend in sour ceam (I used plain no-fat yogurt).
• Refrigerate overnite or at least 6 hours.
• Cut dough into 4 pieces.
• Roll out thin, 1 piece at a time (keep rest in fridge til ready to roll).
• Cut rolled piece into 1"x 4" long pieces.
• Wrap loosely around pins, (see NOTE) making sure dough overlaps somewhat, so as to not have"holes" or"gaps".
• Bake 350 about 12-15 minutes or till very lite golden color.
• DO NOT BROWN.
• When cool use pastry bag to fill;NOTE: Some stores sel the box of metal-"pins" to use.
• I have 1 box but it's not enough, so, I use clothes pins also.