Lady Locks Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Lady Locks:
• Mix ingredients together like pie dough (knead slightly). Divide into four parts, Set into refrigerator for at least two hours. Roll out dough (one piece at a time), and cut into 3 inch strips.
• Place on foiled dowel rods not too tightly. BAKE @ 375 15 to 20 minutes.
• Filling:
• In a small saucepan put the 8 tablespoons flour, and add milk a little at a time so it doesn't lump cook on medium heat until thick. Let mixture cool.
• Cream the shortening, powered sugar, Kraft creamy marshmallow filling, and vanilla. Add to cold milk @ flour mixture and beat until creamy.
• Fill cold Lady Locks with filling. Serve.

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.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook pudding mix and milk according to package directions. Remove from heat, cover and chill completely.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the shortening and sugar until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. Gradually add the chilled pudding to the shortening mixture. Continue to whip until sugar is dissolved and you can not feel it with your tongue when you taste the filling.
• Use a pastry bag to fill the lady locks. Freeze or serve immediately.