How to make mooncakes in an electric oven

Eating mooncakes is not only a custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes themselves also have a delicious taste. Since the raw materials used to make them include flour, eggs, sugar, nuts, etc., they also contain rich nutrients, including starch, protein, fat, etc. They are a delicious food as a side dish or a snack before or after meals. The mooncakes you make at home in an electric oven are safer without having to worry about other food additives.

Although a variety of mooncakes are available during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the quality of mass-produced mooncakes is difficult to guarantee. So it is better to do it yourself and make delicious and safe mooncakes that you can enjoy all year round.

Ingredients 4 cups flour 3/4 cup egg liquid milk powder

step

1 Make mooncake dough. In a bowl, combine flour, milk powder and salt.

2Crack an egg in another bowl, add sugar and beat for 5 minutes. Pour in melted butter and vanilla extract. Mix all ingredients well.

3 Pour the sifted dry powder into the liquid mixture. Form into dough.

Knead the dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead lightly. When the dough is kneaded until it is smooth, it is ready.

Roll into a long strip. If you can, put the dough in the refrigerator overnight, then it will be easier to do the next step.

Cut into even-sized rounds. It can probably cut 15 to 20 pieces.

4 Prepare the filling. Combine almond jam, chopped dates, desiccated coconut, raisins, etc. in a bowl. Use a knife and fork to break up any large chunks.

5 Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius. Prepare two baking sheets by lined with parchment paper.

6Press each piece of dough into a round cake with a diameter of 7.5. Thick in the middle and thin at the edges.

Add filling. Press the filling into the center of each round, then bring the edges together to seal in the filling and pinch to secure. Shape into a ball and flatten.

7 Prepare the mooncake mold. Sprinkle with flour.

8Then use a mold to press the flattened round cake into the shape of a mooncake. Then tap it on all four sides and the mooncake will come out.

If you don’t have a mooncake mold, try to roll the mooncake into a round shape and use a knife and fork to draw a pattern.

9 Brush a layer of egg liquid on the mooncakes. Place the mooncakes 2.5 cm apart on the baking tray. Then put it in the oven.

Precautions

You can add any fillings you like. To make red bean mooncakes, soak one pound of red beans in water overnight, remove them from the water the next day, and then boil the beans in 8 cups of hot water. Cook until the red beans crack. Then, in a saucepan, simmer the red beans with crushed nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, etc.), oil and sugar until the water evaporates. Let cool before proceeding to the next step.

You will need two brushes, one for the flour and one for the egg wash.