Sweet Manju Pastry
Ingredients: lima beans, water, sugar, salt, vanilla extract · 75 min cook time · 310kcal · $7.50
Ingredients
1cup lima beans, 1.25cup water, 0.5cup sugar, 0.25tsp salt, 1tsp vanilla extract, 4.5cup flour, 2ea eggs, 0.25cup condensed milk, 2tbsp sesame seeds
Instructions
1. Measure 1 cup of dry lima beans, rinse, and soak in cold water overnight.
2. Peel the skins off the soaked lima beans.
3. Rinse the peeled beans and add them to a pot with 1 1/4 cups of water. Cover and bring to a boil, then simmer until soft and mashed.
4. Make the dough by mixing 3/4 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup condensed milk.
5. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1 tsp vanilla extract to the mashed bean filling, stir and heat to thicken.
6. Divide the dough and the bean filling into 8 portions each.
7. Flatten each dough piece, wrap around the sweet filling, shape into oval or chestnut shapes, dip in water and sesame seeds, and brush with egg yolk.
8. Bake at 350°F on the middle rack for about 20 minutes, then bake a few more minutes if needed to brown.
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