People in Fenyang make moon cakes with slightly different raw materials, but they are all similar. There are mainly brown sugar (also useful white sugar), sesame, walnut kernel, rose sauce, green red silk and oil cake (baked by yourself).
When making raw materials, first mix flour and oil, bake a few biscuits, then chop the biscuits into brown sugar, and then bake the walnuts, but don't burn them. Crush walnuts, put them into brown sugar, add rose sauce and green shredded pork, and stir well. This is the stuffing of moon cakes.
The flour used for Fenyang moon cakes is also mixed with water, oil, fermented flour and flour according to a certain proportion, and then stirred and mixed evenly with a dough mixer. When making, you should first rub the dough into a long strip with a thick wrist, then cut it into equal parts with a knife, then knead each equal part into a concave shape by hand, put the prepared moon cake stuffing, just like wrapping buns, then put the stuffed dough into a mold made of elm, press the flowers on it, take it out of the mold, brush a layer of syrup on the surface of the moon cake, sprinkle a layer of sesame seeds, and poke holes in the moon cake with a toothpick.
The formula of flour noodles (thick powder) is also very particular. If I remember correctly, it seems to be ten kilograms of flour plus two and a half kilograms of flour plus two and a half kilograms of oil. Oil is local fresh soybean oil with rich color and delicious taste. In addition to brown sugar, we should also put some local specialty walnuts in Fenyang (this is necessary). In order to enrich the content and taste of moon cake stuffing, we should also put some dried fruits, such as raisins. However, the boss said that in order to keep the mooncakes fresh for a long time, it is suggested not to put more preserved fruit in the stuffing, saying that it is easy to be sour and hard, and it should not be put for a long time.
When kneading dough, heat the oil, cool it and pour it into the dough.
Only when walnuts, peanuts and fried flour are added to the stuffing can moon cakes be delicious and fragrant.