Egg bread (Gyeran-ppang: 계란빵)

Let me introduce you to a popular Korean street snack gyeran-ppang (계란빵) or "egg bread" today. This is a sweet, steamy, hot and fluffy little loaf of bread with a whole egg inside. It's sold by street vendors all over Korea. Until recently, I had never had gyeran-ppang before. Many of my readers...

Korean custard bread (Cream-ppang: 크림빵)

Today's recipe is cream-ppang custard cream filled bread, one of my favorite pastries at any Korean bakery. Since as long as I can remember it's been one of the most popular items in Korean bakeries, along with a sweet red bean-filled bread called danpat-ppang. When I was a kid I used to eat...

Kkotppang: 꽃빵 (Steamed flower-shaped buns)

Let's make kkotppang this time! Kkot is "flower" in Korean and ppang is "bread" or "buns". I love the cute name: kkotppang kkotppang, I can't stop saying it! : ) I first learned about kkotppang when I lived in Columbia, Missouri in the 1990s. Our Korean expat group used to have a potluck...

Steamed pork buns (Jjinppang-mandu)

“We used to make a large quantity at once, enough to eat for the whole winter. We kept hundreds of steamed pork buns in earthenware pots in the yard. The weather was so cold that the buns were frozen the whole winter, until we finished them. They were hard as stones the whole time. We ate them...

Makgeolli bread (Sulppang: 술빵)

This airy, fluffy bread has the flavor and aroma of Korean traditional rice liquor but is alcohol-free. Best of all: no kneading whatsoever, just mix, rise, and steam.

Sweet, chewy, doughnut balls filled with sweet red beans (Chapssal...

Today's recipe is one of the most popular Korean snacks, chapssal doughnuts. They're a modern Korean treat combining traditional Korean rice cakes with Western style deep fried doughnut balls. On the outside the dough is crispy and chewy, and on the inside there's soft, lightly sweet red bean...

Korean sausage bread (Sausage ppang: 소세지빵)

Today's recipe is for Korean sausage-ppang, or sausage bread, which is a hotdog or sausage baked in fresh bread and covered with toppings and cheese. It tastes like sweet pizza with fluffy dough. I don't know who invented this snack but it's very popular and a common item in Korean bakeries in...

Fluffy steamed buns filled with sweet red beans – Jjinppang (찐빵)

Today's recipe is for traditional Korean jjinppang: fluffy steamed buns filled with red beans. I shared a similar recipe a long time ago for steamed fluffy buns filled with vegetables and meat called jjinppang-mandu. My jjinppang mandu recipe has been used by many of my readers over years and...

Cinnamon rolls (Cinnamon-rollppang: 시나몬롤빵)

Today's recipe is very special! Sweet, fluffy, cinnamon rolls (Cinnamon-rollppang: 시나몬롤빵). If you made my original bread rolls (rollppang: 롤빵) recipe, these will be easy for you, because the dough is the same. My rollppang recipe has been so popular since I posted it, probably some of you had a...

Crunchy Korean peanut cookies (Matdongsan: 맛동산)

These are the crunchy Korean peanut cookies that I had as a kid. When I first tried these cookies I couldn't believe such a delicious thing existed in the world. A lot of Koreans agree, and many of us grew up eating them. Now you can make them at home! I hope you and your family and friends...