Filipino Paborita Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

2 Cups All purpose flour
2 Cups Bread flour
1/2 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Baking powder
1/2 Tsp baking soda
1 Tsp Yeast
1/4 Cup Milk powder
1/2 Cup Warm water
1/2 Cup Evaporated milk
1/2 Cup Granulated sugar
4 Tbsp Unsalted butter softened
2 Tbsp Lard
1 whole large egg
1 Tsp Vanilla extract

Dusting:

1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup cornstarch
mix until it is well combine

Procedure:

1 Sprinkle 1 tbsp of granulated sugar into the warm water, sprinkle the yeast and stir. Set it aside for 5 minutes until it foamed up.

2  Combine all the dry.

3 In a bread machine bucket, if you have one if not just use a mixing bowl. Add in the yeast mixture, evaporated milk, butter, lard, and vanilla extract. Add the dry lastly add the egg.

4 Let the machine knead the dough. If your kneading the dough by hand knead the dough until its smooth and elastic.

5 Transfer the dough into a large mixing bowl greased with vegetable oil. Brush the top of the dough with oil so prevent from drying. Cover the dough with plastic wrap or kitchen towel and let it rest for about 1 hr or until it doubled in size.

6 Flatten the dough as thin as you can if you have a small counter like me divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Once you flatten the dough brush it with oil generously and sprinkle with flour and cornstarch mixture. Fold the dough 5-6 times then fold both ends. You should have a square shape dough.

7 Flatten the dough again one more time as thin as you can. Then, cut it into 1 inch circle arrange it in the baking pan

8. Bake in a pre-heated oven 325F for about 25 minutes or until it is golden brown.
 to make it very crispy once it gets golden brown turn off the oven and leave the cookies inside until it cools down completely.

9. Store it in an airtight container to retain the freshness.