How to make red bean paste and egg yolk Cantonese mooncakes

Bring some ingredients home after work and cook a good meal. Even if the dishes are not so exquisite, they can still give people a sense of satisfaction. So don’t be lazy if you can cook for yourself. The method of making Cantonese mooncakes with red bean paste and egg yolk is very simple. It is suitable for those "lazy people" and can also promote health to a certain extent.

1. Mix invert sugar syrup, soap water and peanut oil evenly.

2. Add whole milk powder and low-gluten flour and mix well.

3. Wrap the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for two hours.

4. Prepare the egg yolk and divide it into two

5. Weigh the egg yolk first, then add the red bean paste, a total of 35 grams, then flatten the red bean paste, put the egg yolk in the middle, and roll it into a round shape.

6. Weigh the fillings one by one and roll them into balls

7. Weigh 15 grams of the dough after it has rested for two hours and roll it into a ball

8. Flatten the crust and put the filling in the middle.

9. Use your thumb to push the crust a little bit and wrap the filling in without any filling leaking out.

10. The raw dough looks like this, with no filling leaking out.

11. Brush a little powder on the mold, knock out the excess powder, put the mooncake in, press the bottom lightly, move the mold to the baking tray, press the mold twice, and then gently demould.

12. The appearance of just demoulding

13. Preheat the oven at 200℃ for 5 minutes, put the mooncakes in the middle and upper layers and bake at 200℃ for 10 minutes to let the mooncakes set, then take them out and brush them with egg yolk liquid. After brushing, put them back in the oven at 200℃ and bake for 15 minutes.

14. Finished product image

If you want to be healthy, you can't be lazy. Making a few delicious dishes at home is one of the greatest things in the world. The Cantonese mooncakes with red bean paste and egg yolk are simple to make and the ingredients are easy to obtain, so you might as well eat more of them.