8 – 10 minutes or until lightly browned and not doughy. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for approx. I have read accounts where cooks are still using the same clothespins their grandmas used. (Some people use wooden dowels, but I got a few packages of clothespins at the craft store. Cut into strips of an inch wide and about 4 inches long. Take a small portion of the dough at a time and roll out on a floured board, about 1/8 inch in thickness.ĥ. Wrap in waxed paper and store in refrigerator overnight. For the dough: Cut oleo into flour and sugar mixture.

Here’s the recipe, if you want to give them a try, I found this “authentic” recipe by Tracy McBurney at ‘ Just a Pinch Recipe Club’, #justapinchrecipes.ġ lb oleo (margarine) / My Version: use 1 lb of butter – the cookies will have a lighter flakey pastry-like texture (Look at the photos below to see the difference.)Ģ stick oleo softened (I went with real butter for this ingredient)ġ 1/3 c warmed milk (I actually used just 1 cup)ġ-1/2 pounds (6 Cups) confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar, 10x)ġ. I am told that this cookie is a favorite at the infamous cookie tables in northeast Ohio. It took about 24 hours, but it is worth the wait. When you use them the first time, I suggest swiping each with coconut oil (nonflavored) and after that, you will probably not have to do it again, and everything you bake: cannoli shells, cream horn pastries, clothespin cookies, lady locks, etc.Also known as Mini Ladylocks, Clothespin Cookies are rich little pastry-style cookies that will make you work for the reward of enjoying them. To make these nonstick, easy to use, over and over again, you’ll want to coat them with foil. Step 6: The Final Prep For Your Tubes, Forms, Pins, Molds!

Now you need to wash all of the pins and allow them to dry! Step 5: Wash the DIY Cannoli Forms | Lady Lock Pins However, if you have one of the ends which has the color painted dots, that is not food safe so sand it off no exceptions! Sand the lady lock form ends before and after the photo Sand all of the ends of the tubes and lady lock/cream horn pins because you’ll want them to be smooth but if they are already smooth don’t sand. Step 4: Sand The DIY Cannoli Molds and Cream Horn Forms I stacked mine in a tray as they were cut! If you are cutting the small pins, make sure to have your dowel measured and set to cut and then stabilized underfoot or however, you are holding it still. I asked my husband to cut so I could photo (my tripod broke during this shoot, ugh!)Ĭutting the DIY Wooden Forms to sizes with a saw You need to hold the rods still, so decide how you are doing that. My husband holding a dowel rod as he cut and I photo’d Step 3: Cut The Wooden Cannoli Pins To Size Remember wooden clothespin cookie forms are usually, small, and bite-size, whereas cannoli are both small and large tubes, and cream horns and lady locks can be created from small and large molds. Step 2: Decide if You Are Making Both Large And Small Molds For Cannoli + Cream Horns (Lady locks, clothespin cookies, etc) You’ll need to decide where you are working and set that area up for the DIY wooden pins for baking. Step 1: DIY Wooden Forms For Baking Shells and Lady Lock Pastries You do want to allow time in between creating them and allowing them to dry if you wet them too much that is the only word of caution! There is not much to this process and overall it will not take you more than 10 minutes from start to finish to complete these. Circular Saw > This one is my favorite circular saw.Easily create large and small forms, molds, tubes, pins, etc.Įquipment Needed To Make DIY Wooden Tubes (forms, pins, molds).Allows you to create cream horn molds, cannoli shells, lady lock shells, and clothespin cookie pastries with ease.Whether you are in the season of baking or just want a treat, DIY lady lock forms, molds, whatever you need them for, or refer to them as they are practical baking essentials to have on hand if you create those types of recipes or want to make them! Why You’ll Love These DIY Inexpensive Reusable Wooden Baking Tubes

Wooden pins for clothespin cookies