Mooncake Biscuits

Mooncake Biscuits

Ingredients: makes 17 pieces

     450g Hong Kong flour (sifted)
     270g Sugar syrup/golden syrup
     9g Alkaline water
     113g Peanut oil

• Mix sugar syrup, alkaline water and peanut oil together thoroughly.
• 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 to a soft dough. Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
• Lightly dust some HK flour on table and knead dough again till smooth. Measure dough to about 45g and roll it into a ball and dust some flour on it.
• Dust with some HK flour and press firmly into fish mould ~ unmould and place it on the lined baking tray. Press red bean as fish eye. To get even baking, do not place the unbaked fishes too closely.
• Baked in preheated oven 160C for 10 minutes and 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.

      Egg wash : egg yolk + 1 tbsp fresh milk, mix well and strain.
      Cool down biscuits and store them in an airtight container.

**You may like to refer Joceline’s recipe. Her Mooncake Biscuits were baked evenly browned and look so perfect!

• 把糖浆，碱水和花生油混合均匀。
• 然后倒入水仙面粉里，用橡皮刮刀拌成软面团，盖上盖，休息20分钟。
• 卓上洒上少许水仙面粉，把面团轻柔至顺滑，把面团分割成每份大约45克，把面团搓圆，粘上少许粉。
• 在模具内洒少许粉，然后把面团放入鱼摸里印出形状。排放在烤盘上，底部铺纸。饼之间的距离不要太靠近，以免考得不均匀。压上鱼眼睛(红豆)。
• 烤箱预热后，把烤盘放在中层。以160度烘烤大约10分钟。然后把烤盘取出。待冷约10分钟，才涂上一层的蛋液。然后再送入烤箱继续烘烤大约15分钟至金黄色即可。