The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon/ mooncake Festival, dates back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty. The Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, in the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September). This year it falls on 14 September 2008.
Mooncakes are cakes or pastry-like tarts traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cake biscuits, flatter than the mooncake, are also commonly made of the same pastry crust and are are shaped into figurines or animals. These biscuits may or may not contain any fillings
Plain Mooncake Biscuits
Ingredients
Golden syrup:
- 1.2kg sugar
- 1 litre water
- 1 lime, squeeze out juice
- 1 tbsp maltose
- 300g superfine flour, sifted
- 200g golden syrup
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ¾ tbsp alkaline water
- 50g corn oil Egg glaze – (combined)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp water
- Pinch of salt
- A little thick soy sauce (for colour)
Method.... all in myHome Recipe ->>> Chinese Cakes and Cookies
Read about the Mid Autumn Festival at myMalaysiabooks ->> Chinese Celebrations
