Korean confection pages

  1. gyepi-manju

    Cinnamon cookies filled with bean paste (Gyepi-manju: 계피만주)

    Today I’m going to show you a recipe I’ve been working on for a while: Gyepi-manju (계피만주), which are cinnamon cookies filled with bean paste. These cookies were created by Koreans to look and feel like western style cookies. You can find these cookies at any Korean bakery these days, but when I was young […]

  2. Beet jelly candy (Beet-jeonggwa: 비트정과)

    Today I’m introducing you to a traditional way of making Korean confection called jeonggwa. Jeonggwa is a candied jelly usually made with fruits, roots, or stems of vegetables. When they are cooked for a long time in sugar, honey, or syrup over low heat, they eventually turn sweet and into a slightly translucent jellylike candy. […]