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  • (upbeat music)

  • - Hello everybody.

  • Do you feel like something sweet stuff?

  • Let's make it.

  • Today I'm going to make sweet and crunchy Korean cookies.

  • This cookie's name is Matdongsan.

  • Matdongsan, here.

  • It says peanut, crunchy snack.

  • This is such a popular snack in Korea.

  • Every Korean knows about this cookie.

  • Mat means taste,

  • dongsan is a small mountain.

  • I think it suggests the amount of deliciousness

  • is equal to the size of a small mountain,

  • which means that's super delicious.

  • This is so popular cookies,

  • so you can get this at a Korean store easily.

  • But I'm going to make homemade Matdongsan.

  • Sweet, crunchy, Korean cookies.

  • I will use some peanuts too.

  • So let's make it, let's start.

  • One egg.

  • Quarter cup sugar.

  • Quarter teaspoon salt.

  • Vanilla extract, one teaspoon.

  • I developed this recipe without vanilla,

  • but I really hoped that kind of, flavor,

  • after taste should really improve.

  • So I added vanilla extract, totally different.

  • That's why I emphasize that you guys

  • should use vanilla extract.

  • But if it's not available, just you can skip it.

  • And then we're gonna use cooking oil.

  • Any kind of a cooking oil you can use.

  • One tablespoon, this is grapeseed oil.

  • And then, let's mix.

  • One cup all purpose flour.

  • Baking powder, half a teaspoon.

  • So this is our dough.

  • You guys are making my dinner rolls, bread rolls,

  • this is super popular.

  • I didn't use any like some kitchen electric equipment,

  • I use it this way,

  • and these cookies also this method you can use.

  • I have to fry first, and then fry and then bake.

  • So make it baking and make it crunchy, crispy.

  • This is a once in a while cookies,

  • once in a while eating cookies.

  • Not all the time.

  • Because I think these calories are really high.

  • So use your hand.

  • Knead this dough until all this nice soft.

  • Nice and soft lump.

  • Just one minute I did it.

  • Nice beautiful, this easy,

  • and also it's not stick to your hand.

  • Pretty easily you can handle this.

  • Wrap this with plastic wrap.

  • So keep this in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

  • The reason I put this in the refrigerator for 30 minutes

  • is that these guys are really gonna stick together

  • a little more, and then later when we make this cookie

  • easily we can shape.

  • Tada.

  • I made this, one hour ago I made this.

  • So take some and roll it out.

  • This cookie is really thin.

  • You gotta roll out around

  • this thickness is a quarter inch, really thin.

  • Beautiful thread, beautiful rope we made.

  • Okay let's cut it around two inch long.

  • Again take some dough again.

  • Roll it out, roll it out.

  • When this Matdongsan cookie was sold

  • for the first time in 1970s,

  • I couldn't believe

  • what is such a delicious stuff,

  • sweet and crunchy, and I couldn't believe.

  • So even at that time, TVs advertisement

  • commercials, so huge big.

  • So even I still remember the song,

  • like you know commercial song.

  • (singing in foreign language)

  • Happy party with the Matdongsan.

  • That means.

  • So that song is even like such popular.

  • Let's go to fry them.

  • Let's see, when you put this,

  • you see little bubbles coming up.

  • That's the right temperature.

  • If this is too hot, quickly it's go brown.

  • That's not good.

  • So when this is cooked, it's floating right on the surface.

  • Just keep stirring so that these guys are cooked evenly.

  • All these cookies are floating.

  • Until light golden brown.

  • Usually what I'm doing is, first batch is frying,

  • I make the second batch.

  • But today I like to focus on the color.

  • You can see here, light golden brown.

  • I turn off the heat because while I'm making,

  • I don't want this oil too heated up.

  • And then, second batch.

  • (upbeat swing music)

  • So I'm going to heat up my oil again.

  • This is crunchy, the cookie, without just a fried one.

  • You hear the crunchy sound?

  • Good.

  • If you like it only just as it is, you can eat it,

  • but I'm making a sticky sauce.

  • So a quarter cup rice syrup or corn syrup.

  • And then sugar, sugar two tablespoons.

  • And this is water, two tablespoon.

  • Then boil.

  • That's low heat, to boil.

  • When you make syrup, don't ever stir this

  • until well melted by itself,

  • because otherwise it's going to be crystallized,

  • and then not good.

  • See little bubbles coming up?

  • Okay, right temperature.

  • (sizzling)

  • So see, our sauce is bubbling now.

  • Tilt your pan like this.

  • So this is fried one,

  • and then to make it more crunchy, I will use the oven.

  • So oven 400 Fahrenheit degree,

  • and then I'm going to preheat.

  • This sauce, also low heat you have to use,

  • so always control the heat.

  • More brown color first.

  • So you can see the density.

  • Can you see there?

  • Look like a thread.

  • And then it's done, turn off.

  • I'm waiting for my oven to reach 400 Fahrenheit.

  • And then, I told you that I'm going to add peanuts.

  • Around a quarter cup.

  • These peanuts are already roasted peanuts.

  • And it doesn't matter salted or not salted.

  • I'm going to bake this guy 400 degree for 10 minutes,

  • and then make it crunchy.

  • 399, okay, 400.

  • Let's put this here.

  • I just keep checking through the window,

  • and then now it's crunchy, and plus golden brown.

  • Eight minutes it took.

  • So it depends on your guys' oven power.

  • Okay so we are ready.

  • Reheat the sauce.

  • So peanuts.

  • And turn on the heat.

  • Now sauce is bubbling again, turn off,

  • and pour this here.

  • Remove from the heat.

  • After all mixing, I gotta bring here and spread this.

  • So sticky things should not stick together,

  • so I'm going to use this parchment paper.

  • Awesome, I know the taste, very very crunchy crunchy.

  • Sweet.

  • So I'm going to let these guys cool down a little bit.

  • Calm down, calm down heat.

  • We don't need to cool down for long time, just one minute.

  • And then we need to split this guy.

  • I can feel the heat.

  • You can use finger or you use spoon.

  • Right there, well coated.

  • Look at how small amount is.

  • (singing in foreign language)

  • (laughing)

  • We made these cookies today.

  • So it easy, isn't it easy?

  • And look at that, so pretty.

  • You can serve this as a snack,

  • or dessert even, why not?

  • So Korean cookies and homemade Matdongsan,

  • Korean Matdongsan.

  • (crunches)

  • Can you guess what I'm going to say about this cookies?

  • Sweet, next, crunchy.

  • Next, a little sticky.

  • Yummy.

  • We made this amount of cookies with only one cup of flour.

  • Make this homemade Matdongsan.

  • Sweet, crunchy, Korean cookies.

  • And let me know how yours turns out.

  • Enjoy my recipe, see you next time.

  • Bye.

  • (ukulele music)

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