It with a heavy heart that I give you this really tasty recipe. Because the key to making it so tasty? Shortening. The bain of my existence. It actually makes me gag. It’s so overly processed and so not good for you. The only time I ever break down and use it is for pie crusts. You gotta give it to the white vomit paste, it gives you one goddam flaky crust, no doubt.
Sure you can leave out the shortening, but it WILL make a difference. I am weeping now.
ingredients:
1 Cup butter, softened
3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 TB shortening (*ugh*)
1 can azuki – sweetened red bean
1 egg beaten (for egg wash)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add the flour slowly, and mix. Add in the egg, and the vanilla. Then add the shortening. Mix well.
Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Flatten them out, and add a dollop of azuki bean in the middle.
Pinch to close up, and place the nice little balls on a cookie sheet. Add a little bit of water to the beaten egg, and brush onto the tops of the cookies.
Bake for 30 minutes until a lovely toasty brown. Now if you don’t like sweet red bean – you can substitute strawberry jam as well. But I will not guarantee taste. No, I will not.
Kid's lunches, simple dinners and a whole lot of geeky baking.
I made these for my roommates and I this weekend – fabulous success! Thank god for the Hong Kong Food Market, they had the exact can pictured above.
I guess I’ll have to make a bunch more now, I have waaaay too much shortening hanging around.
We call these manju.
These are harder than manju.
Where in FL can I buy Azaki Manju Cookies? I believe they had sweetpotato in the recipe as well. I lived on Maui for years, and they were my “guilty pleasure” I live on the Treasure Coast. Just off phone with several stores on Maui, and they won’t ship them, due to fragility of cookie. Any info will be appreciated!!!
I am looking for Azuki bean “Manju” cookies. I live on the treasure coast in florida, and am just off phone w/ home maid bakery in Wailuki, Maui. They will not ship due to fragility of cookie. Any ideas?
Aloha, from Maui (Kula to be exact). Went on line looking for the recipe while I munch on the last of the two packages of 5 cookies each that my husband brought home yesterday. There is a little store in Pukalani. The mother of the owner, makes the cookie. Best I’ve ever had. Can only buy on
Saturday’s. Homemaid is very good, but I am sure it would be quite a chore for the ladies to get out and mail them to you.the store is OMOCHAYA-Japanese toys, gifts and collectibles. Owner’s Troy and Jean Yokoyama phone: 808 572-9833 fax 572-9800 e-mail omochayahawaii@yahoo.com. From their business card. we tried to buy the cookies for resale in our store. she was not interested. Just enjoys making a few cookies on Thursday for sale on Saturday’s. give it a try, you will be glad that you did. I am going to try my hand at making them, wish me luck!
Marlene Jones 808 876-1909. 135 Kulamanu Rd Kula, HI
I too lived on Maui for five years, first in Kihea and then in Lahina. Miss it very much but I miss two things the most. Manju cookies and maui potatoe chips. I can get POG and chow fun here but not the other two. Of course I miss the wonderful island style living too.
I agree with JENN, these are harder than manju. The JENN yaki manju recipe is closer to the manju I grew up eating in Hawaii. By the way, JENN, do you have any advice for making other fillings, like coconut and apple? Deluxe Pastry Shop in Kaneohe used to make those flavors…yum.