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     Title: Crunchy Balloon Bread (Gonggal-ppang)
Categories: Breads, Snacks
     Yield: 4 loaves

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   1/3 c  Water
     1 ts Sugar
     1 ts Dry yeast
       pn Salt
     2 tb Oil
     1 c  A-P flour
     1 ts Black sesame seeds (opt)
     1 tb (to 2 tb) flour; for dusting

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     3 tb Brown sugar
     1 ts Toasted sesame seeds
     1 ts Ground cinnamon

 PREPARE THE DOUGH & FILLING: Make the filling by mixing
 the sugar, sesame seeds, and cinnamon powder in a bowl.
 Set aside.

 Start the dough by combining water, sugar, dry yeast,
 salt, and vegetable oil in a bowl. Mix well with a
 wooden spoon.

 Add the flour and mix it well with the wooden spoon.

 Knead the dough by hand for about 2 minutes, until itgCOs
 smooth. Let it sit for an hour,

 Uncover the dough and knead it another minute until itgCOs
 very smooth and soft.

 Divide the dough into 4 equal size balls. Roll each into
 a nice smooth ball on the cutting board.

 Cover the 4 balls with plastic wrap to prevent them from
 getting dried out while you work.

 MAKE THE BREAD: Put a non-stick baking pan into the oven
 and heat the broiler.

 Sprinkle some flour on the cutting board. Take one ball
 and roll it out with a rolling pin into a 4 inch disk.
 Add 1/4 of the filling in the center.

 Lift up the right and left edges of the disc, bring them
 together, and pinch and seal them together. Then bring
 the top and bottom edges together too, to make a kind of
 dumpling.

 Gently flatten and roll the disc out with your rolling
 pin, little by little, so as not to break it. Sprinkle
 some flour as needed so the dough, cutting board, and
 rolling pin dongCOt stick together.

 Turn it over and roll it out carefully into a 5 1/2" to
 6" disk.

 Repeat with the rest of the dough balls.

 BAKE THE BREAD: Your oven and the pan inside will be
 very hot. Change the oven setting from broil to bake.

 Put each bread disk on the heated pan in the oven. Set
 the oven temperature to 350+|F/175+|C and bake it for 15
 minutes. Check out the color and crunchiness of the
 bread.

 If you want it darker and crispier, bake them for 1
 minute more.

 Let them cool down a bit and serve and eat. You can also
 freeze them up to 1 month.

 RECIPE FROM: https://www.maangchi.com

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