Maangchi Gyepi-manju Official Recipe
Verified creator video for lima-bean-paste filled cinnamon manju cookies.
Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBEKorean Cinnamon Bean-Paste Manju Cookies (24)
Korean bakery-style cinnamon cookies wrap a cooked lima-bean filling in a condensed-milk dough. Plan 12–24 hours to soak beans plus chilling and resting time.
Ingredients
servings: 24 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Soak 200 g dried lima beans in cold water for 12–24 hours, peel and rinse. Boil in 2 cups water about 20 minutes until fully tender, then mash and cook around 5 minutes more to thicken.
- 02
On low heat stir in ⅓ cup sugar, a pinch of salt and optional 1 tsp vanilla. Cool completely and chill in a covered container at least 1 hour.
- 03
Melt 1 tbsp butter and mix with ¼ cup condensed milk, 1 whole egg, pinches of salt and baking soda and optional 1 tsp vanilla. Stir in ¾ cup flour to make soft dough and rest covered at least 1 hour.
- 04
Divide both filling and dough in two. Wrap each bean-paste portion in dough, seal completely and roll each into a rope roughly 30 cm long with a little dusting flour.
- 05
Lightly dampen ropes, coat with 1 tbsp cinnamon and cut into roughly 2.5 cm pieces, yielding about 24 cookies with the cut face upward.
- 06
Beat the extra egg yolk, brush cookie tops and sprinkle sesame. Bake in a preheated 175°C/350°F oven about 20 minutes until the dough is cooked and tops lightly golden.
- 07
Cool before serving. Freeze portions for longer storage and thaw only what you need; do not leave bean-paste-filled cookies at room temperature for extended periods.
Before you cook
Soak and cook dried beans until thoroughly tender. Chill cooled filling, do not taste raw egg dough, bake all the way through and check milk, wheat, egg, sesame and legume sensitivities. Avoid prolonged room-temperature storage.
Allergens: 밀가루(밀) / Wheat flour / 小麦, 버터·연유(우유) / Butter and condensed milk (milk) / バター・練乳（乳）, 달걀 / Eggs / 卵, 참깨 / Sesame / ごま, 리마빈(콩류 개별 알레르기 주의) / Lima beans (legume sensitivity possible) / リマ豆（豆類アレルギーに注意）
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