Cranberry Coconut Mooncake
Mooncake skin: | Invert syrup 110 grams |
Jianshui 2 grams | Peanut oil 40g |
Plain flour 150g | Milk powder 8 grams |
Coconut cranberry filling: | Butter 70 grams |
Milk 40g | Powdered sugar (fine sugar) 45g |
Whole egg liquid 60 grams | Coconut 130g |
Cooked glutinous rice flour 40g | Dried cranberries 50 grams |
Egg yolk water (brush the surface): | Egg yolk 1 |
Clear water 8 grams |
Step 1
Pour the inverted syrup and alkaline water into the basin and stir evenly with a manual egg beater.Step 2
Add peanut oil and continue stirring.Step 3
Stir until the syrup is completely incorporated.Step 4
Sift in all-purpose flour and milk powder.Step 5
Mix well with a spatula, put on disposable gloves and knead with your hands to form a smooth dough.Step 6
Wrap in plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.Step 7
Add the butter, milk and icing sugar to a large bowl and heat in the microwave for about 30 seconds until the butter melts.Step 8
Mix well with a hand mixer.Step 9
Add grated coconut and mix evenly with a spatula.Step 10
After it cools down, add the egg liquid and stir evenly.Step 11
Continue to add cooked glutinous rice flour and stir evenly.Step 12
Finally add chopped dried cranberries and stir evenly.Step 13
Mix well, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.Step 14
After refrigeration, take it out, divide it into 15 portions, each portion is about 30 grams, and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.Step 15
Divide the risen pie crust dough into 15 equal portions, each portion is about 20 grams.Step 16
Take a portion of the pie crust dough, place it in the palm of your hand, use your other hand to gently press the dough, pat it into a round cake shape, and put a portion of the cranberry coconut filling.Step 17
Use the tiger's mouth position of your hand to push up the edges of the pie crust, closing it while pushing.Step 18
After closing, roll it into a smooth ball with both hands.Step 19
Wrap all the crust with filling.Step 20
Take a small ball wrapped with stuffing, roll it into a cylinder, and pat the surface with a little dry flour.Step 21
Then put it into the mooncake mold.Step 22
Invert it into a non-stick baking pan and press down evenly.Step 23
Gently push the mooncakes out of the mold, and after pressing them all, spray water on the surface of the mooncakes. You don't need to spray too much, just sweep it over with a watering can, and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes after spraying.Step 24
Place in the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake at 200 degrees for 6 minutes to set.Step 25
Take out the mooncake and brush a thin layer of egg yolk water on the surface of the mooncake (add 8 grams of water to 1 egg yolk and mix well).Step 26
Continue to put it into the middle rack of the preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Pay attention to the coloring situation. After coloring, you can cover it with tin foil.Step 27
Delicious cranberry coconut mooncakes are out.Step 28
The skin of the freshly baked mooncakes is a bit dry and hard. After cooling, store them in a sealed container for two or three days. After the oil returns, they will become more oily and delicious.Step 29
Finished product picture.Step 30
Finished product picture.Step 31
Finished product picture. Cranberry Coconut Mooncake Recipe1. Wear disposable gloves when operating, otherwise it will be sticky.
2. I fry the glutinous rice flour in a pot myself. You can also buy ready-made cooked glutinous rice flour. If you are a novice, it is recommended to buy ready-made inverted syrup to avoid affecting the effect.
3. If you don’t have dried cranberries, you can put raisins or other sweet and sour dried fruits.
4. If you don’t have alkaline water, you can use edible alkali and water in a ratio of 1:3.
5. The ratio of this square cake crust to filling is 4:6, and can make 15 moon cakes.
6. The baking temperature and time in the recipe are for reference only. Please adjust appropriately according to your own oven conditions.
7. The quality of shredded coconut and butter is different. If you feel that it is dry and difficult to form a ball when mixing the filling, you can add a little egg liquid and it will form a ball. It is not easy to add too much.