Baked Red Yeast Mooncakes 烤红曲月饼
Red yeast rice powder or red yeast powder (红曲粉 hongqu fen in Chinese) is getting popular among Chinese food bloggers as a food colouring for baking and cooking like char siu and peking duck. Red yeast rice is a substance that’s extracted from rice that’s been fermented and it’s been used in China and Asian countries for centuries as a traditional medicine. (as referred from ‘here‘). I’ve added about a teaspoon of red yeast powder into this mooncake recipe. It gives a nice red colour to the cake without any egg wash and glaze like the traditional mooncake. Pretty and presentable as a gift for the coming Mooncake Festival.
You may also like to check on the baked mooncakes recipes posted in previous years
以下是往年做过的月饼食谱
Baked Chocolate Mooncakes 烤巧克力皮月饼（这里）
Baked Red Yeast Mooncakes
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 12 pieces
Ingredients
- 125g cake flour/plain flour
- 5g red yeast powder
- 85g sugar syrup
- 30g peanut oil
- ½tsp alkaline water
360g lotus paste filling (I used red date longan lotus paste)
Instructions
- Mix sugar syrup, peanut oil and alkaline water together thoroughly.
- Sift plain flour and red yeast powder in a bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in sugar syrup mixture. Use a rubber spatula to mix and form to a soft dough. Cover with a cling wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes.
- Divide dough into 11-12 portions, about 20g each and roll into balls. Wrap the dough around the lotus paste filling (30g).
- Roll it into ball and dust with some flour. Press firmly into mould, unmould and place on a lined baking tray.
- Bake at preheated oven 170 deg C for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and rest mooncakes to cool for about 15 minutes. Then bake the mooncakes again for another 10-15 minutes.
- Leave mooncakes to cool down completely before storing into an airtight container. This mooncake can be eaten immediately after baked or wait for about 3 days for the mooncake skin to soften (回油) before consuming.
Notes
中文食谱在下面
烤红曲月饼
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 45 mins
Ingredients
- 125克 底筋或中筋面粉
- 5克 红曲粉
- 85克 糖浆
- 30克 花生油
- ½茶匙 碱水 360克 莲蓉馅 （我用红枣龙眼莲蓉馅）
Instructions
- 把糖浆，碱水和花生油混合均匀。
- 将面团和红曲粉一起过筛在大碗里，中间挖个同，倒入混合好的糖浆。用橡皮刮刀拌成软面团，盖上保鲜纸放置一旁静置15分中。
- 然后将面团分成11-12份，每份20克，搓圆压扁，包入莲蓉馅（30克）。
- 再搓圆，粘上少许粉，压入月饼模，扣出排放在烤盘上（底部铺纸）。
- 放入预热烤箱摄氏170度，烤约10分钟，取出待冷15分钟，再放入烤箱，烤10-15分钟即可。
- 待月饼完全凉后，可以马上品尝或装进盒子里；等月饼回油后（约3天），就可以切块享用了。
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Hi Ann, I have red yeast rice can I transform it to powder and use it?Michelle
Hi Michelle, Sorry I don't know how to transform red yeast rice to powder.
Thanks Ann.
Michelle
Looks nice, first time seeing this. Thanks for sharing, bookmarked!
Hai, this is really nice and special,, May I know how to make the sugar syrup? thanks… Siew Lai here
Hi, I don't make the sugar syrup. You can buy it from the ingredient shops or use golden syrup instead.
Hai, Ann, thanks for your reply.
Best regards,
Siew Lai
May I know where to get the red yeast powder.Thanks
wow!!
Hi Ann,
May I ask where you get the red yeast powder from?
Many thanks 🙂
Hi Judy, Red yeast powder is available at Phoon Huat and Sunlik.
Hi Ann, thanks so much for the recipe !! However, I found that lotus paste for filling was rare here, so I replaced the filling with Pandan mung bean paste. The result also tasty and fragrant! Yumm!
Hi Dania, I like mung bean paste too. Is not too sweet like lotus paste and healthier too! 🙂
Thanks for trying my recipe.
Dear Ann,
Lovely moon cake you made. I love it!!!
May I know what is sugar syrup? How can get the red dates paste? Like the mould you used, where can I get it?
Many thanks
Rose
Hi Rose, As the Mooncake Festival is drawing closer, you can get all the ingredients and moulds at the baking ingredient shops – Phoon Huat, Kwong Cheong Thye and Sunlik.
Thanks Ann…
wow!!
It looks soo good :3Have a good day ;)http://catrrine.blogspot.pt/
Hi Ann, simply beautiful. I like all you posts on mooncakes. Can only admire them for this time cos' I haven't the time to make anymore as I will be on holiday soon. Bookmarked.
Hi Ann,I'm sure these Baked Red Yeast Mooncakes taste yummy and nice to be presented as gift. Thanks so much for sharing.
Ann,好喜欢你最后两张照片,好有节日的feel呢,照片美丽,月饼也超级美 🙂
Ann 你家的红鞠月饼真漂亮!富有佳节感,喜欢。
It looks soo good :3
Have a good day 😉
http://catrrine.blogspot.pt/
Ann,好喜欢你最后两张照片,好有节日的feel呢,照片美丽,月饼也超级美 🙂
The colour is totally enticing!
Hi Ann,
I'm sure these Baked Red Yeast Mooncakes taste yummy and nice to be presented as gift. Thanks so much for sharing.
The color looks really amazing!
Ann, the color is good. Very auspicious!
Ann,这个月饼好漂亮。好漂亮。 好棒。
wow!!
Ann,你的红鞠月饼很漂亮,很特别!好有中秋节的feel。。嘻嘻
Hi Ann,
May I ask where you get the red yeast powder from?
Many thanks 🙂
Hi Judy, Red yeast powder is available at Phoon Huat and Sunlik.
Dear Ann,
Lovely moon cake you made. I love it!!!
May I know what is sugar syrup? How can get the red dates paste? Like the mould you used, where can I get it?
Many thanks
Rose
Hi Rose, As the Mooncake Festival is drawing closer, you can get all the ingredients and moulds at the baking ingredient shops – Phoon Huat, Kwong Cheong Thye and Sunlik.
Thanks Ann…
Hi Ann, thanks so much for the recipe !! However, I found that lotus paste for filling was rare here, so I replaced the filling with Pandan mung bean paste. The result also tasty and fragrant! Yumm!
Hi Dania, I like mung bean paste too. Is not too sweet like lotus paste and healthier too! 🙂
Thanks for trying my recipe.
Hi Ann, simply beautiful. I like all you posts on mooncakes. Can only admire them for this time cos' I haven't the time to make anymore as I will be on holiday soon. Bookmarked.
Hi Ann, I have red yeast rice can I transform it to powder and use it?
Michelle
Hi Michelle, Sorry I don't know how to transform red yeast rice to powder.
Thanks Ann.
Michelle
Hai, this is really nice and special,, May I know how to make the sugar syrup? thanks… Siew Lai here
Hi, I don't make the sugar syrup. You can buy it from the ingredient shops or use golden syrup instead.
Hai, Ann, thanks for your reply.
Best regards,
Siew Lai
May I know where to get the red yeast powder.
Thanks
Looks nice, first time seeing this. Thanks for sharing, bookmarked!
wow!!
wow!!
It looks soo good :3
Have a good day 😉
http://catrrine.blogspot.pt/
Ann，你的红鞠月饼很漂亮，很特别！好有中秋节的feel。。嘻嘻
Ann，好喜欢你最后两张照片，好有节日的feel呢，照片美丽，月饼也超级美 🙂
Hi Ann,
I'm sure these Baked Red Yeast Mooncakes taste yummy and nice to be presented as gift. Thanks so much for sharing.
Ann, the color is good. Very auspicious!
The colour is totally enticing!
The color looks really amazing!
Ann 你家的红鞠月饼真漂亮!
富有佳节感，喜欢。
Ann，这个月饼好漂亮。好漂亮。 好棒。