Clothes Pin Cookies (mini Cream Horns)

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
• 2 cups shortening
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 crust: mix flour, salt, powdered sugar, and butter for pie dough; then add beaten egg and water to mixture.
• 2 roll on a floured surface and spread 1 cup shortening on top of dough, fold up and place in fridge for 30 minutes.
• 3 roll out dough again on floured surface and spread remaining cup of shortening on top, fold and place in fridge for 2 hours.
• 4 roll out small batch of dough on floured surface (i divide dough into fourths).
• 5 cut into 6 x 1/2-inch strips and spiral wrap around clothes pins (overlap the dough, don't leave spaces).
• 6 bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 12-15 minutes at 370°f.
• 7 remove from clothes pin while still warm (about 5 minutes after taking from the oven) to prevent breakage.
• 8 filling: place all ingredients in bowl, mix well.
• 9 use a piping bag or cookie press to fill each cooled cookie.
• 10 dust with powdered sugar.