Putri Salju / Cashew Melting Moments

don't bother about its name, putri salju literally means snow white. it has nothing to do with the cookie and probably the only reason why its named after snow white is due to the color of the cookie and the look of snowy-like icing sugar. this one is my favorite cookies growing up, i could never get enough of this. however, it's been a very very long time since the last time i ate this cookies. due to the crazy amount of its icing sugar-coating, my mom and people around me tend to keep their distant from this incredibly delicious and addictive cookies. i ever made this cookies once before i started blogging and i didn't really like the way it turned out to be, the reason is simply because the icing sugar didn't coat the cookies thickly enough and it lost its sensation of those cool and sweet effect of icing sugar, which made me feel like eating just another buttery cookies.

sometimes ago, i suddenly saw some photos of this cookies on instagram and just realized how i really really miss munching and having this sweet treats around. to favor my cravings, i decided to quickly make this cookie since i coincidentally also have 500 grams of cashews in hands. this cookie uses toasted cashew powder in it and that's probably the reason why they are so addictive aside than the icing sugar itself. it is originally crescent-shaped, but using cookie cutter is just not my favorite thing to do so i simply round them into balls, i personally thought they look cuter in ball form which makes them looks like a snowball.

Hoddeok 호떡

yup, a korean recipe.. :) i've been stuck with everything korean for the past month, hahaha. not that this was a new thing for me, i always been a fan of it since the first time Song Hye Kyo came out to the TV until now it's Song Ji Hyo's turn or when it was Won Bin and now Woo Bin (if you know what i mean). well, long story short, the craze goes on and now i'm trying to make many korean dishes at home. i found it rather hard to gather the ingredients because all of them are very rare, i had to go to a special korean groceries to buy some of them, or even asked my friend who's going to korea next month to buy me some. hahaha. but this hoddeok (read: hot-tok) is the simplest one i could find and make.

this almost pancake-like cakes is a very famous street food there in Korea. it is best served hot so the gooey syrupy filling on the inside still puts on its justice. the dough is a simple bread dough and the filling consists of cinnamon, brown sugar, and walnuts.

i got this recipe from Maangchi, a korean food-blog which i found ultimately interesting and helpful. the blog contains of mostly korean food with clear and elaborative recipe (also video!). so, all of you who is also under the same symptoms as me, i bet you'll find it 'daebak' as well. ;)