Spiral Cookies (猪耳朵饼)

The Spiral Cookies look like spiral on the seashell. It is more well known as "Pig's Ear Cookie" because it look like pig's ears. I can still remember my father making them simply with flour, brown sugar, and oil. Nowadays, you can make fancier version by mixing in Coco powder, or black sesame. I prefer the more traditional taste.

Ingredients:

Dough A:
Bread flour - 1 and 1/3 cup (160g)
Water - 1/4 - 1/3 cup (60ml+)
Salt - 1/4 tsp

Dough B:
All purpose flour -  2 cups (240g)
Clarified butter - 2 TBSP + 1 tsp (35ml)
Brown sugar - 45 g (this is light, you can add more sugar if you want sweeter)
Water - 1/4 cup

Steps:

1. Mix all ingredients for dough A and knead into round dough. Set aside covered.
2. Boiling water, and add brown sugar. When the sugar is all melted. Cool down the sugar water.
3. Mix all ingredient for dough B and knead into round dough. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.

4. Use rolling pin to flatten two dough into similar size skin. Set the brown skin on top of the white skin, then roll it up tightly. (Some recipe calls for brushing water between two layers so that they can bind better, I did not.)

5. Wrap the roll in shrink wrap and put in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
6. Slice the roll into thin pieces. If you cannot slice it very thin, you can roll it flatter after slicing. The thinner the slice, the crispier it will be.

7. Fry in hot oil at medium heat until the cookie color darkens.