Hotteok cookies
Ingredients
- 113g butter, room temperature
- 70g brown sugar
- 55g granulated sugar
- 45g yogurt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 180g all-purpose flour
- 55g brown sugar
- 30g walnuts, chopped,
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 36g granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Steps
- Add the butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat together until light and fluffy.
- Add the yogurt, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, and vanilla.
- Beat the ingredients again until the batter becomes a little lighter and more fluffy.
- Add the flour and use a spatula to fold it into the batter until just combined.
- Cover the bowl and place in the fridge to set for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- In a small bowl mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, walnuts and maple syrup.
- In a separate bowl mix together the white sugar and cinnamon.
- Use a large cookie scoop to scoop out dough into your hands.
- Lightly flatten the dough in your palm then carefully curl the edges up like a cup.
- Scoop 2 tsp of the walnut sugar filling into the middle of the dough.
- Bring the sides of the cup up to meet together in the middle then pinch to seal together.
- Roll the dough ball between your palms to smooth the sides out then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place on a parchment lined baking tray and repeat with the remaining dough.
- Bake in the oven for 13-15 mins or until the edges are golden.
