Golden moon cake (traditional Mid-Autumn Festival essential food)

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it is also a day for family reunion. There are many traditional foods in Mid-Autumn Festival, among which moon cakes are the most popular. Golden moon cake is a special kind of moon cake, which is not only delicious, but also gorgeous in appearance, which means rich financial resources and good luck. In this special festival, making some golden moon cakes and tasting them with your family will definitely make people feel warm and happy.

material preparation

To make golden moon cakes, you need to prepare the following materials:

500 grams of low gluten flour

200g lard

200 grams of sugar

5 yolk

Water150ml

Appropriate amount of gold foil

Production steps

Next, let's make golden moon cakes step by step.

Step 1: Prepare the dough.

Put the low-gluten flour into a basin, add appropriate amount of water, knead it into a smooth dough, cover it with a wet cloth and wake it for 20 minutes.

Step 2: Make stuffing.

Put lard and white sugar into a pot, simmer until the sugar melts, and the lard becomes transparent. Let it cool for later use.

Step 3: Fill.

Divide the dough into small portions, knead it into a ball, roll it into a circle, wrap it with a proper amount of stuffing and knead it tightly.

Step 4: Brush the egg yolk liquid.

Break the yolk, brush it on the surface of the moon cake, and carve a pattern with a knife.

Step 5: Baking.

Put the moon cakes with egg yolk liquid in the oven and bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes until the surface is golden yellow.

Step 6: paste gold foil.

Take out the baked moon cake, let it cool, and stick the gold foil on the surface of the moon cake with a brush.

skill

The following points should be paid attention to when making golden moon cakes:

Dough proofing time should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the taste of moon cakes.

The cooking time of stuffing should be controlled, and lard should not be cooked for too long, otherwise it will go bad.

Brush the yolk evenly, otherwise it will affect the color of moon cakes.

The oven temperature should be well controlled, too high is easy to burn, too low will affect the taste.

Stick the gold foil lightly, or it will damage the surface of the moon cake.