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Hotteok - Korean dessert pancake

Experience the classic Korean dessert Hotteok, a wheat pancake filled with brown muscovado sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. Learn to make these delicious pancakes, originating from the Joseon Dynasty, and enjoy them crispy and warm.
Author: Køkkenkemisten
Course: Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Cozy, Dessert, pancakes, Sweet
Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 120 gram Wheat Flour
  • 120 gram Water lukewarm
  • 50 gram Sugar
  • 3 gram Dry Yeast
  • 2 gram Salt
  • 100 gram muscovado sugar
  • 60 gram nuts chopped - e.g., peanuts, cashew, pecan, walnut...
  • 28 gram Rapeseed Oil
  • 12 gram Sesame Seeds black
  • 24 gram Cinnamon

Instructions

  • Activate the yeast by stirring it into lukewarm water with sugar and let it rest for 5-10 minutes.
  • Mix the salt into the flour and then add the yeast-sugar water to the flour to make a smooth dough that is pliable without being sticky
  • Let the dough rise for 60 minutes until it doubles in size
  • While the dough is rising, mix the filling ingredients
  • Punch down the dough, divide, and form it into 8 equal balls
  • Make an indentation in the center of each ball and put 1/8 of the filling into each indentation; gather the dough's edges to form a new ball with the filling in the center
  • Heat a pan with oil and place the dough balls on the pan with the seams down and press them flat to a height of 6-8 mm.
  • Let the hotteok brown for 2-3 minutes on each side until they are golden and crispy
  • Serve hotteok while they are warm.

Notes

Hotteok - Korean dessert pancake