Masa podrida are traditional Filipino shortbread cookies made from flour, salt, baking powder, brown sugar, shortening, and eggs. It has a dry crumbly texture similar to half-moon cookies. The name comes from Spanish for "rotten dough". Masa podrida are typically eaten with coffee and other hot drinks.[1][2][3][4]

Masa podrida
Masa podrida cookies from Pampanga
TypeCookie
Place of originPhilippines

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  1. ^ "Old-Time Confections, Baked Goodies & Other Kapampangan Treats". The Kapampangan Listorian. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Masa Podrida cookie from Molo County bakesop". Flavours of Iloilo. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Masa Podrida". Tinkerbeaaa. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ "A sweet life". PhilStar Global. Retrieved 6 April 2019.