Traditional Lotus Paste MoonCakes

Ingredients A:
200g Hong Kong Flour
Ingredients B: (Combined well)
130g golden syrup
60g peanut oil
½ tsp alkaline water
Ingredients C:
800g lotus paste
Ingredients D: (lightly beat)
1 piece egg yolk
Method:
- Sift Hong Kong flour into a mixing bowl.
- Pour in Ingredients B, combine well to get a smooth dough in one direction.
- Cover with cloth, let it stand for 2 hours.
- Divide dough to portions of 40-50g each portion.
- Lightly flour your hands, wrap lotus paste with dough, roll into a ball.
- Lightly flour the mould.
- Place mooncake in mould, flatten, dislodge the mooncake.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes, remove.
- Set aside for 30 minutes, brush with egg yolk.
- Return mooncakes to oven, bake for another 15 minutes at 180°C.
Note:
- Yield : big 8 pieces /small 13 pieces.
- Store for 3 days before serving.



Going to try this recipe soon. Mooncake festival is very near.
Thanks for sharing.