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dozens of baked clothespin cookie shells cooling on wire racks on a large wooden table

Old-Fashioned Clothespin Cookies with Homemade Dough

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Ingredients
  

  • Clothespin Dough
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 sticks oleo or unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Buttercream Filling
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • ½ cup butter
  • 4 tablespoons milk
  • 8 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Mix flour, baking powder, and oleo until crumbly.
  • Add sour cream, egg yolks, whole egg, and vanilla. Mix to form a dough.
  • Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Roll dough thin (⅛ inch). Cut into long strips.
  • Wrap strips around foil-covered clothespins.
  • Place on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake 12–15 minutes until lightly golden.
  • Cool completely before removing from pins.
  • For filling: beat Crisco + butter. Add vanilla.
  • Slowly add powdered sugar + milk. Mix until fluffy.
  • Pipe buttercream into each cooled shell.
  • Store or freeze as desired.