Baked Logan Lotus Paste Mooncake

Recipe

Ingredients
Skin:
150g plain flour (sifted)
95g golden syrup
45g 100% pure peanut oil
1/2tsp alkaline water

Filling:
420g lotus paste
adequate amount of dried logan (chopped)
(Knead the chopped logan into the lotus paste and divide into 14 balls about 30g each.)


Steps:
1. Mix the golden syrup, oil and alkaline together.
2. Add the syrup into the flour and mix until it form a soft dough. (add in some flour if dough is sticky)
3. Cover and rest dough for 3 to 5 hours or rest it in the fridge overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 180C.
5. Divide dough into 22g-24g each.
6. Flatten it and wrap in the filling, seal the edges and roll into a ball.
7. Pad the ball with some flour and press it into the mooncake mould.
8. Knock the mooncake out from the mould and place it on a greased tray.
9. Baked in a preheated oven for 10mins.
10.Remove from oven and leave it to cool for a while.
11.Glaze surface with beaten egg yolk (1 egg yolk mix with 1tsp of water).
12.Return it to the oven and continue to baked for another 8-10mins until golden brown.
13.Remove from tray and cool it on a wire rack.

Note:
-The skin of a freshly baked mooncake is hard. It will take about 3 to 4 days (depend on the thickness of the skin) for oil to ooze out and the skin will turn soft and taste better.

-You can glaze freshly baked mooncakes with a layer of mooncake glaze, this will give the skin a shine and also help to soften the skin.

-Another way to soften the skin is to decrease the amount of golden syrup and increase the amount of oil in the recipe. I don't think anyone will like to use this method.