Used frozen puff pastry dough because I didn't have all day to make the dough but will make the dough next time as well! The filling was great very tasty. I used butter-flavored shortening and it was great! I recommend cutting the strips a bit longer than 4-5 inches I liked the long narrow shells better than fat wide ones. I halved the filling recipe and ended up with a LOT left over. Using 2 sheets of puff pastry dough and strips wound on 4.5 inch dowels of 1/2" thickness I got 36 cookies. This recipe is a keeper!
Excellent recipe. Very time consuming but a great way to pass time in the kitchen during the holidays with my 3 girls. Our favorite of all cookie recipes we have gotten online. Thanks.
Instead of vanilla I use almond flavoring for the filling. Also I have in a pinch just used crisco powdered sugar and marshmellow cream and almond extract for the filling. I use the old style clothes pins without springs from the craft store. These freeze very well. I usually bake at 425 for 5 minutes then turn it down to 400 for another 10- but that all depends on how thin you can get these rolled out- thinner the better.
My nurse had given me her filling recipe and I thought there was too much shortening so I looked up this one and the filling was the best I ever tasted. Definitely 4 stars. Thanks for sharing this!!!
I have tried other recipes for lady locks and this one it the best! I followed the recipe exactly. Well I might not have used and entire pound of butter. It takes a while. I usually set aside 2 days one for making the dough and the other for baking and filling. Oh this creme filling really good. It tastes just like my grandmothers.
I loved this recipe. The only thing that I did different is use frozen Pastry Puff sheets only because I didn't have enough time to spend making the dough. The cream filling is delicious!
This was nothing short of heavenly! Cooks who use 2 days to make this are absolutely correct. I also suggest letting shells stand over night as it makes them easier to fill. Use a pastery bag (I did not have one when I started and baggies simply do NOT handle the thick filling). I tend to make them very thin and then sift powdered sugar over top. So completely unhealthy and absolutely worth it! Make the dough!!! It is must NOT the same as the premade stuff. It's SO much better with the labor intensive version here really...so much better! ENJOY!
Worth the time! My husband's favorite cookie! I wouldn't change a thing.
Diny was absolutely correct about the clothespins she used! I had to smile when I read the reviews because the clothespins referred to in the name of these cookies are the very old fashioned ones - without springs. No matter though these cookies are a piece of heaven in your mouth! A MUST MAKE and so worth the time.
Made the dough exactly as recipe stated. The dough was too liquidy. I thought chilling it might firm it up but it did not firm up enough to roll. I used alot of flour in the rolling process. Then they did not get as flaky as I would like.
