Homemade Korean Hotteok

Hotteok are breads, either baked or fried until crispy,
that are filled with a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
They’re actually a really simple dish,
but quite tasty and a nice sweet afternoon snack.

Ingredients:
2 3/4 - 3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk (low fat or full)
Filling:
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 2 1/2 cups flour,
baking soda, salt and sugar. Stir in milk and mix until smooth.
Gradually add in the remaining flour until dough is very stiff.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and gently knead until dough is just barely tacky to the touch, and feels fairly smooth and elastic
(about 1 minute). Shape dough into a ball, cover it with a clean dish towel and let rest for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, combine all filling ingredients
in a small bowl and set aside.
Once rested, divide the dough into 6 equal pieces.
Work with one piece of dough at a time. Roll it out on a lightly floured surface into a circle about 5-6-in. wide. Place 1 tbsp filling in the center of the dough, then bring up the sides and pinch them together around the filling to seal tightly.
Roll out the dough ball with filling inside, lightly flouring both the surface and the rolling pin to ensure that nothing sticks and tears open the dough, until you have a disc about 1/4-inch thick.
Slightly thicker is ok, but the cake should be quite thin.
Repeat with all remaining pieces of dough.
Put about 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large skillet
and turn up the heat to medium-high.
When oil is hot, place 1 or 2 of the hotteoks
(depending on the size of your pan)
in the skillet and cook until golden brown.
Turn once, then cook the second side until
it is golden brown as well, about 3-5 minutes overall.
Repeat with remaining hotteoks.
Serve hot.