Hotteok (Korean Sweet Pancakes)
featured in 6 Korean-Inspired Recipes to Try At Home
Hotteok are sweet, chewy, and crispy pancakes filled with a syrupy nut or seed mixture and are commonly served as a street food in Korea. They’re often folded in half into a paper cup for easy enjoyment while walking and eating.
Tasty Team
August 17, 2023
94% would make again
Total Time
2 hr 10 min
2 hr 10 min
Prep Time
20 minutes
20 min
Cook Time
20 minutes
20 min
Total Time
2 hr 10 min
2 hr 10 min
Prep Time
20 minutes
20 min
Cook Time
20 minutes
20 min
Ingredients
for 8 pancakes
- 1 cup warm water (240 mL)
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 2 ½ cups bread flour (310 g)
- 4 tablespoons grapeseed oil, divided, plus more as needed
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Filling
- ¼ cup walnuts (30 g), finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar, or brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Nutrition Info
- Calories 237
- Fat 9g
- Carbs 32g
- Fiber 10g
- Sugar 5g
- Protein 5g
Estimated values based on one serving size.
Preparation
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the warm water and yeast and let sit for 10 minutes, until foamy. Add the flour, 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil, and salt and mix on medium speed until the dough comes together in a ball, about 10 minutes. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rest at room temperature for 1½ hours, or until doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, make the filling: In a small bowl, mix together the walnuts, maple syrup, turbinado sugar, salt, and vanilla.
- Divide the dough into 8 portions. Roll each piece into a ball, then flatten it into a 4–5-inch-wide disc. Scoop a heaping teaspoon of filling onto the center of each disc, then pinch the dough up and over the filling to encase and roll into a ball again.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil in a medium nonstick or cast iron pan over medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, place a dough ball in the pan and immediately flatten with a hotteok press or spatula into a 4–5-inch-wide disc, about ¼ inch thick. Continue to press down on the disc until the bottom is golden brown, about 2 minutes. Flip the hotteok and cook until the other side is golden brown, 2 minutes more. Repeat with the remaining hotteok, adding more oil to the pan as needed.
- Serve hot.
- Enjoy!
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