Divide dough into 5 portions where each portion would make nose, ears, mouth, face, and mane
Fill each portion for nose, mouth and face with filling and shape into nose, mouth and face
Roll flat portion for ears, and with round cutter, make a pair of ears
Add the left over dough from ears to mane portion, knead to log
Roll flat the log to rectangle and spread the rest of the filling
Roll again into a log and slice with a knife as shown on picture
Meet the two end sides of the sliced log and shape a ring, and place it on baking sheet
Place the face, mouth, nose and ears, making a lion face
Place to chocolate chips as eyes
Bake on preheated 350 F for 25-30 minutes
Take out from oven and let cool to room temperature before piping a smile