Mid-Autumn Festival Chinese Mooncake
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
Dough:450g Self-raising flour25-90ml milk1 tsp Baking Powder1/2 cup of sugar2 extra large eggs6 tablespoons oil or melted butterFilling:100g Red Bean Paste5 Rich Tea biscuits0.5 cup Walnuts, in shell, edible yield1 large pear2 cups apples, quartered5 tbsp Honey, 5 tbsp
To make Filling:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
2. Boil apples and pears. Then mash them up.
3. Add all of the filling ingredients into a bowl & mix.
2. Divide the paste into 12 portions.
3. Roll these up into a ball.
To make Dough:
1. Sift flour, powdered milk and baking powder together.
2. Beat sugar and eggs together until creamy and white, about 10 minutes.
3. Mix in the melted butter.
4. Then lightly fold in the dry ingredients.
5. Divide this mixture into 12 portions.
To make the mooncakes:
1. Roll out dough to circles.
3. Place a portion of filling each in the centre and bring up the sides to encase it completely. Pinch cracks to seal and roll between your hands to make a ball.
4. Lightly flour the mould and press the dough ball into it, flattening it with the palm of your hand. Shake to tip out.
5. Place them on a baking sheet, brush tops with egg yolk, and bake for 30 mins.
6. Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUZANNA_XX.
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
2. Boil apples and pears. Then mash them up.
3. Add all of the filling ingredients into a bowl & mix.
2. Divide the paste into 12 portions.
3. Roll these up into a ball.
To make Dough:
1. Sift flour, powdered milk and baking powder together.
2. Beat sugar and eggs together until creamy and white, about 10 minutes.
3. Mix in the melted butter.
4. Then lightly fold in the dry ingredients.
5. Divide this mixture into 12 portions.
To make the mooncakes:
1. Roll out dough to circles.
3. Place a portion of filling each in the centre and bring up the sides to encase it completely. Pinch cracks to seal and roll between your hands to make a ball.
4. Lightly flour the mould and press the dough ball into it, flattening it with the palm of your hand. Shake to tip out.
5. Place them on a baking sheet, brush tops with egg yolk, and bake for 30 mins.
6. Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUZANNA_XX.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 329.4
- Total Fat: 10.2 g
- Cholesterol: 41.1 mg
- Sodium: 94.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 56.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 5.9 g
Member Reviews
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PIXIEMOM13
I'd like to try this one, but have some questions... like - what is a tea biscuit? I'd never seen a filling with the bean paste and apple/pear walnut. But it looks like one that might be fun to try! - 8/12/11
Reply from SUZANNA_XX (8/13/11)
Haha, the traditional Chinese Mooncakes do not have any trace of fruits in the filling, but this is my adapted version. :) As for "5 Rich Tea biscuits", you can use your favourite sweet biscuits (e.g. shortbread, Bourbon, chocolate-chip cookies).