Filipino Tainga Cookies Recipe

Ingredients For The filling:

2 cups Breadcrumbs
1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup Dark brown sugar
1/3 cup Granulated sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla extract
2 large Eggs
4 tbsp Melted butter
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Baking powder
2 Drops of food color yellow

Dough ingredients:

3 cups Bread flour
1/4 cup Granulated sugar
1 Egg
1 tbsp Shortening
1/4 tsp Instant Yeast ( if you want your tainga hard skip adding the yeast)
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Milk
4 drops gel food color in red

1) Begin with making the dough first, combine all the dry then add all the liquid  let the bread machine knead the dough. If you using your hand to knead the  dough knead it until smooth and elastic and set it aside. ( im using my bread machine for this)

2) Make the filling. Beat the eggs then add both sugar, vanilla, food color and the butter. Mix all the dry ingredients Flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and then add it to the batter mixture. Lastly add the breadcrumbs.

3) Divide the dough in half and also the filling. Roll out the other half of the  dough into 1/4 inch thick. Spread half of the filling and then roll it into a log. Cut the log into 1/2 inch thick arrange it in a lined baking pan leaving  1/2 inch space do this to the other half  bake it in a pre heated oven 350 F for 25 minutes.