Shanghai Mooncake



Can made 9 pcs

Ingredients:

For the skin:
250g Salted Butter (room temperature)
40g Icing Sugar
30g Egg (weight the egg yolk first)
100g All Purpose Flour
85g Low Protein Flour
15g Milk Powder ( can replace with cheese powder or do adjustment in the low protein flour)
25g Custard Powder

For the filling:
315g of the Filling Paste ( about 35g each)
9pcs Salted Egg Yolks (rinse with wine for 15 minutes, bake in the oven for 7 minutes with 120C)

For the egg wash:
1tsp of Egg White
1  pc Egg Yolk
10ml Milk
*Combine well and sieve 
*Can add in some lemon yellow colour

Method for skin:
1. Combine together the all purpose flour, low protein flour, milk powder and custard powder.
2. Whisk the butter and icing sugar, add in the egg (do not over whisk the mixture, over whisk will caused the crack line on the surface after baked)
3.Sieve in the flour mixture and mix it until it became a dough.
4.Divide the dough into 9 small pcs.
5 Bake with 160C for 30 minutes, take out the mooncake and cooling it then brush the egg wash (can brush for 2 times) and bake for another 15 minutes.