I've always wanted to make dried and hard hawthorn slices and strips, but I haven't made them because I can't find a ready-made recipe for reference. I have a friend who is an old pastry chef in a food factory and has retired. He taught me how to make hawthorn cakes by traditional methods, and also taught me how to make cakes such as moon cakes, Shaqima, and smiling. I also asked him how to make hawthorn slices and strips, but he didn't provide me with the formula and method because his food factory didn't make this kind of food. I groped for it for a long time, used various methods and formulas, and finally made the hawthorn slices and strips I wanted, and they all tasted good. At the moment when I made a successful finished product, I was really excited. I showed it to everyone in my family for tasting and appraisal, and I was looking forward to their evaluation. When everyone said it was delicious, my heart was relieved. I gave it to my little grandson, but the little guy kept eating one after another. Because of the high sugar content, I quickly hid the box containing hawthorn bars after he ate three, and only gave him a little a day. The key is that with the production method, I can make reassuring hawthorn bars for my family and baby at any time, without buying them. This is a trustworthy food!

ingredients and details

1. fresh hawthorn is pedicled to remove seeds

2. pure hawthorn pulp is boiled and put into a steamer

3. it is best to cover it with a plate, so as to prevent steam from flowing into the basin

4. steam for 2 minutes

5. then add rock sugar powder while it is hot. I did grind the rock sugar into powder. You can also use the same amount of white sugar.

6. Stir it into paste with a wall-breaking machine. If there is no wall-breaking machine, use any machine that can be stirred at home.

7. Pour the stirred paste into a basin to cool. Now it is cold, and it will solidify directly in the kitchen to cool.

8. Slice the solidified hawthorn and then cut it into strips about 8 mm wide and 6 mm long.

9. Put it in a baking tray.

1. Bake it in the oven. Because my oven can only be timed for 3 hours at most in this state and can't display 5 hours, I added 3 hours after 3 hours. The specific time can be flexibly mastered, as long as the hawthorn strips are basically dried

11. Baked hawthorn strips. I need to bake 2 plates here. If you don't want to do too much, the amount can be halved

Tips: I can also use the same amount of white sugar as the rock sugar powder.