MANJU (JAPANESE SWEET BEAN PASTE COOKIES)
These baked manju are filled with koshi an, a smooth paste made of red (azuki) beans and sugar. This recipe uses canned koshi an from the Asian grocery, which saves hours of work.
Provided by KJLOWE
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Japanese
Time 1h
Yield 50
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
- Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into creamed butter until smooth; add vanilla extract and beat well.
- Sift flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture, mixing well after each addition, until dough is smooth.
- Generously flour your hands. Make walnut-size balls from the dough and press into 4-inch circles on a floured surface, making the circles thicker in the center and thinner on the edges. Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons koshi an in the center of each dough circle. Gather the edges together and pinch dough around the filling until sealed. Place dough balls, pinched-side down, on the prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Brush dough balls with evaporated milk.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops are lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 140.9 calories, Carbohydrate 23.4 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 113.8 mg, Sugar 8.2 g
STEAMED MANJU (HAWAIIAN SWEET BEAN CAKES)
Steamed cakes filled with a red bean paste (made from boiled azuki beans and sugar). Hawaiian version of a traditional Japanese confection.
Provided by littleturtle
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 25 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Form bean paste into 25 balls each about the size of a walnut.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and sugar.
- Add egg whites and oil to dry ingredients and mix well.
- Add milk while stirring (dough should be soft but not runny and not too sticky) (coloring may be added as well, if desired).
- Divide dough into 25 equal portions and flatten each to a 3-inch diameter.
- Cover each bean paste ball with a portion of dough.
- Place them on pieces of Ti leaf or 2x2-inch square pieces of waxed paper.
- Steam for 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 146.5, Fat 4.7, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 0.7, Sodium 67.4, Carbohydrate 23.8, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 10.1, Protein 2.4
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