Yakbap Muffin (Sweet Rice Honey Muffins)
This muffin bakes soaked glutinous rice with jujubes and chestnuts in a soy sauce and dark brown sugar glaze, giving it a chewy, moist texture and the deep caramel-like sweetness of yakbap.
Instructions
- 1
Rinse glutinous rice, soak for 2 hours, then drain well.
- 2
Pit and slice jujubes, then dice chestnuts into small cubes.
- 3
Mix water, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, and sesame oil to make seasoning liquid.
- 4
Combine rice, chestnuts, and jujubes with the liquid and marinate for 20 minutes.
- 5
Line muffin cups, divide the mixture, and top with pine nuts.
- 6
Bake at 180C for 25-30 minutes, rest for 10 minutes, then remove.
Tips
Nutrition (per serving)
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