Wendell went to Kauai recently for a softball tournament and came home with some Lawai manju. I've been craving it ever since and even wondered if we should go to Kauai to pick up more.
And so I started looking up recipes. I decided on Keeping it Relle's Sweet Potato Manju recipe because it was "simple" and used a lot of buttah. Plus, she did a YouTube video showing how to make them.
You don't have to put them on a wire rack to cool, but I did because . . .
this is what they looked like just out of the oven!! Whaaaat??!! I thought I would need to drain them, but eventually the melted butter disappeared and I guess was absorbed into the manju. I figured that the next time I make this I would use 2 sticks of butter instead of 3, BUUUUT it turned out so ono that I think I might just stick to 3.
You can find the recipe on YouTube just below the video. I used one can of Koshian instead of sweet potato and ended up with 20 pieces instead of 18. My bake time was about 10 minutes longer than stated. Also, the recipe calls for 4 egg yolks, so I used the whites to do the egg wash instead of wasting another whole egg.
8 comments:
I love Lawai Manju! They stopped making and selling it when they sold the store. So glad they making it again.
Izsmom
Oh dat looks so ono! How come hers didn't come out swimming in butter? Yours looked better. I would make this but she has that mixer machine and I only have the old style beater. Ah, no matter since I am too lazy. Next time you have extra, let me know!
drool! that looks so good and it is because of all that butter:)
the outer islands 🏝 has ono many. I use to bring back from Maui.
My friends played baseball in Kauai tournament Awww.....they never bring back
It's at a 7 Eleven that took over the spot where the store was at.
I used a wooden spoon thinking I could mix by hand, but the batter got so thick that I ended up ditching the spoon and squishing the dough with my hand.
I couldn't believe all that melted butter when I first looked in the oven!
Maui got good stuff to bring back too!! How come your friends never bring back? LOL. I especially love it when somebody gives Wendell the Kauai salt. That's so special!
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