Yakgwa recipe - a delicious treat for chuseok (first attempt!)

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It’s currently Chuseok(추석) in Korea, which is the mid-autumn harvest festival. You could think of it as Korean Thanksgiving! So I decided to make something relating to this season: yakgwa (약과)! Yak means medicine and gwa means confection. It’s one of my favorite traditional Korean snacks. I love how it combines the textures of both chewy and crispy and has a mellow sweetness. This was my very first attempt at making this confection, so I was very nervous! Haha.
I used the recipe shown on this video:
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You should definitely give this video a watch for the expert example, as this was my very first attempt at making yakgwa.
Ingredients:
Soaking syrup
600 grams grain syrup
150 grams water
10 grams ginger
30 grams citron extract, optional
Sugar syrup
80 grams sugar
20 grams starch syrup
100 grams water
Dough
300 grams flour
3g (1 heaping teaspoon) cinnamon
3g (3/4 teaspoon) salt
Some cracks of pepper
24 grams sesame oil
24 grams cooking oil
70g soju
63g sugar syrup, previously made
Cooking oil, for frying
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:28 Soaking Syrup
1:41 Sugar Syrup
2:05 Dough
4:12 Rolling
5:11 Shaping
5:54 Frying
7:23 Soaking
8:47 Enjoy!
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[@kitkat_cattycat]

Oh my gosh, perfect timing! I needed this! Thank you so much🥰🫶🏻 Happy Chuseok!

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Thank you! And happy Chuseok to you as well! :D

[@jisuan7769]

happy chuseok! they look so good!

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Thank you! Happy chuseok to you as well :)

[@coffeedicker]

these look amazing! You're such a talented cook and artist

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Aw thank you so much!

[@summer_in_california]

the prettiest 약과 i've ever seen!!!!!

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Aw thank you!

[@user-yt4qf4lq7p]

Wow!! Happy Chuseok!! Looks so delicious😍 You are so talented!!!

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Happy Chuseok! Thanks :3

[@cherrysdollshop]

Another Amazing 🎉🎉🎉

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Thank you!

[@i3abikay]

Alchemy of Souls was showing this a lot too. Now I know how to make! Thank you :)

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Yeah! It got a lot more popular because of Alchemy of Souls! haha

[@whaddyamean939]

these look super yummy. I hope to try them someday :)

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

They sell them at any korean market if any are nearby! Hope you get to try them someday! :D

[@TheFlowerpot12]

omg making Yakgwa is no joke! :o
~dough baby~ so cute

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Haha right?! It was a lot more work than I expected haha

[@ryleel.1390]

What a fun treat! I'd love to see you make some with a flower mould!

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Yeah! I'm on the lookout for any good moulds! hehe

[@skyydancer67]

That looks pretty intersting

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

I definitely recommend trying yakgwa. They sell them at any korean grocery store. But... some of my friends consider them as old people snacks.. haha

[@chrishuynh3366]

I could see them shaped like maple leaves since it's autumn 👍

[@joshuacooksthendraws]

Ooh that sounds like a great idea. Even adding some maple syrup to the soaking syrup?? :D

[@chrishuynh3366]

That sounds awesome 👍👍👍@@joshuacooksthendraws