Korean yakgwa

Yakgwa is a traditional Korean sweet, and it's usually shaped into a flower if you buy it in a store. It's a mix of cookie, doughnut, and candy.

Welcome to Yakgwa Korean Honey Cookies Recipe. Yakgwa Korean Honey Cookies are traditional treats made with honey, sesame oil, and flour, fried to golden perfection.

Koreans have been making and eating these beautifully juicy, crumbly, layered cookies for more than a thousand years! Traditionally we had them only on special occasions and ceremonies, but you can make them whenever you feel like. Why not??

These glossy cookies come from ancient Korea, but their ginger-honey flavors are timeless.

Eric Youn | Korean Oppa from SG on Instagram: "This 1000 year-old Korean Snack was banned for people eating it too much. YAKGWA - Did you know that the traditional Korean sweet pastry called yakgwa was once banned because people were eating too much of it? This happed in the Goryeo Dynasty as flour became scarce. Yakgwa is a 1000 years-old snack that is still popular in Korea today. It is made with honey which was to be believed to have medicinal properties in olden Korea. Yakgwa is often…

PARY Teaches Practical Korean Accurately on Instagram: "🇰🇷 Today’s Korean word is “약과”, which means “A Korean confectionary made by pressing dough made with wheat flour, honey and oil into molds and frying or deep-frying the molded dough pieces.” (Thanks to @groomingkitchen for their help with this content.) #learnkoreanwords #learnkoreanvocab #learnkoreanonline #studykoreanlanguage #koreanpronounciation #koreanipa #koreanfood #koreandessert #koreansnack #yakgwa #약과"

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Yakgwa are cookies that can also be medicine, and the snack has one of the longest histories in Korean cuisine.