My very very first handmade snowskin mooncake

Have been buying mooncakes every year... In singapore, nice mooncakes are always very expensive and too sweet for my taste.. Since I have been baking for a period of time, so I decided to try it on my own.... Ermmm..... Trying it on my own???? A very BIG challenge for me...  Google around for recipes, make sure buying the correct ingredients also a challenge.... Well, I always like challenge, I believe I can make it... I did it...

Ingredients :

(A)

95g Fried Glutinous Flour / Gao Fen (糕粉）

100g icing sugar

(B)

155ml of cold water (or any juices)

(C)

15g shortening

(D)

450g lotus paste

Some melon seeds, toasted (optional)

Method :

Toast melon seeds and leave it to cool.

Mix melon seeds with lotus paste and divide into portions of 25g each.

Mix ingredient (A) and (B) to form a dough.

Rub in shortening till get smooth dough.

Sprinkle some fried glutinous flour on working table.

Divide dough to portions of 20g each.

Wrap lotus paste with dough, till into a ball.

Lightly flour the mould.

Place mooncake in mould, flatten, dislodge the mooncake.

Chill in fridge before serving...

Happy making....