Mooncake Biscuits with Purple Sweet Potato Paste Filling
Mooncake Biscuits, also known "Doll Mooncake/Gong Zai Bing " is a famous local snack in Guangdong Province and a Mid-Autumn Festival food.

- Prep time
- 2 hr 30 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 18 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 200 g Low Protein Flour
- 200 g Low Protein Flour
- 120 g Golden Syrup
- 120 g Golden Syrup
- 50 g Cooking Oil
- 50 g Cooking Oil
- 2 tsp Alkaline Water
- 2 tsp Alkaline Water
- 200 g Purple Sweet Potato
- 200 g Purple Sweet Potato
- 30 g Sugar
- 30 g Sugar
- 1 tbsp Maltose
- 1 tbsp Maltose
- 30 g Cooking Oil
- 30 g Cooking Oil
- 300 ml Milk
- 300 ml Milk
- A Pinch of Salt
Instructions
- 1
Pour in golden syrup, oil and alkaline water and stir well.
- 2
Sift the Low Protein Flour and stir it evenly, then knead it by hand, cover it and let it rest for 2 hours.
- 3
Peel and cut the purple sweet potato into pieces and steam for 15 minutes with high heat.
- 4
After the purple sweet potato is steamed, pour it into a blender with milk together and blend it until puree.
- 5
Pour the purple sweet potato puree into a non-stick pan on low heat, add sugar, salt, cooking oil and maltose and stir fry until the texture is smooth, about 30 minutes.
- 6
Let the purple sweet potato filling cool for later use. If you prepare it before a day in advance, you can put it in the refrigerator for better operation.
- 7
Take the dough out and knead for 5 minutes until it smooth and feel elastic.
- 8
Divide the dough into 18 pieces, 20g each.
- 9
The dough is rounded by hand, flattened, wrapped in purple sweet potato filling (about 15g), and then put into the mould and press gently.
- 10
Preheat the oven to 170°C, spray some water on all doll mooncakes before entering the oven to prevent cracking during baking.
- 11
Bake at 170°C for 10 minutes, take it out and brush with a layer of egg yolk water, and bake for 5 minutes. (Please adjust the temperature and time according to your own oven)
- 12
After cooling down, put it in the box and let it "oil return" for at least 1 day to enjoy.