Hotteok

I used to eat these sweet street treats as a small child almost every time I accompanied my grandmother to the market. These yeasted, filled pancakes are hot, pillowy, and have just the right amount of crisp from the oil you cook them in. It’s important not to cook them too fast, so that the dough has time to do its yeasty thing and the nutty brown sugar filling has time to melt into a gooey sauce. It’s also important not to eat them too fast: That filling is still blazing hot right out of