Mooncake Biscuits

                        

My monster favourite mooncake biscuits. Been making two characters...piggies and rabbit with green tea paste and lotus paste.

Adapted from : Anncoo Journal

Makes 20 to 22 pieces 

(skin : 30 gm and filling 20 gm)

450 gm Hong Kong flour (sifted) or low protein flour

270 gm Sugar syrup/golden syrup

9 ml Alkaline water

113 gm Peanut oil

Egg wash : 1 egg yolk + 1 tablespoon fresh milk, mix well and strain

Method: 

1. Mix sugar syrup, alkaline water and peanut oil to combine.
2. Sift Hong Kong flour in a large bowl, make a well in the center and pour in the sugar syrup mixture. Using a rubber spatula to mix and form a soft dough. Cover and rest for 20 minutes.
3. Divide the green tea paste or lotus paste into 20 gm and shape into ball.
4. Lightly dust some flour on the table and knead the dough again till smooth. Measure each dough to about 30 gm and roll it into a ball.
5. For each dough, place it on palm and flatten with fingers to form a round dough, wrap the dough skin around the filling and shape it into a ball. 
6. Shape the ball to a variety characters mooncake biscuits. (I'm using a chopstick to make all the shaping)
7. Place it on the lined baking tray, do not place it too closely.
8. Baked in preheated oven 160C for 10 minutes and take it out, rest to cool down for about 10 minutes before egg wash with a soft brush. Then bake the biscuits again for another 15 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Cool down completely before store them in an airtight container.