Thank you for your nice reply. My dad’s eyes got big as saucers when I handed him the container full of cookies! Needless to say, he was very surprised and happy and has been enjoying them every day since. 😀 Thanks again for the wonderful recipe.

hi Bethany,
Wow, I love your comment. My husband wants the cookie hu~~~ge maybe because his childhood memory for it is like that. lol Anyway, it was helpful for me and other viewers about the size for the dough.. thanks. I’m so happy to hear that your cookies turned out wonderful.. especially it will be a surprise for your dad. You are so sweet. Thanks and happy birthday to your dad… let me know how much he enjoyed your cookies later..hehe

I’ve been going to make these for years, but I’ve never taken the time to do so until today, for my dad’s 79th birthday! I came across your recipe and found it the easiest to follow and most accurate to what I was looking for. Thank you!

My first batch, I used the 4 in. diameter and found them to be way too big for my liking. Seemed like a whole lot of cookie and not much filling when they were done. Plus they were giant. Lol! I got just under 2 doz cookies out of that batch and had a little bit of filling left over.

Next batch, I used a little over 3 in diameter, got 2 1/2 doz cookies, the dough to filling ratio was perfect; no extra leftovers of either. The cookies turned out wonderful!

I found chilling the dough made it much nicer to work with. While cutting and filling a tray of cookies, the other dough was placed in the fridge.

I think my dad will be pleasantly surprised with his birthday treat!

Hi
wow, you have a good Christmas tradition.. I bet your daughters will keep it since they will always remember the good memories eating your delicious raisin filled cookies when they were growing up.. 🙂 thanks for sharing your story.

hi Suzy,
Wow, yes you are right, my husband is from PA. lol 🙂 I’m glad to meet somebody who knows how delicious this cookie is on my blog..hehe thanks

hi Julie,
I’m sorry to make you confusing. Hmm… the cookie dough for top and bottom are the same thing. You just take out some of the dough and roll it thin.. and cut round shapes and use them for both bottom and top. You do the same process with rest of the dough you have. I didn’t think of put nuts because I just loved the way it is. thanks

hi Suzanne,
I’m so happy to get your comment here. I bet many of your family and friends miss your Korean food in your country. 🙂 Thanks. Happy new year. 🙂