Chocolate peanut butter mooncake: A The China Project recipe

In celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival today, we decided to make our own custom mooncakes. (Not like these.) Here’s how to enjoy some peanut butter mooncakes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwmCWDn0Er0

Ingredients:

Yields 8 mooncakes

• 75 grams honey
• 30 grams oil 
• 10 grams lye water 
• 1 gram salt 
• 150 grams flour
• Peanut butter (crunchy) 
• Chocolate truffles
• 1 egg yolk (make an egg wash with it: a mixture of beaten egg with milk or water)

Step 1. 3D model a mooncake (molding with the The China Project logo is optional)

Step 2. 3D print the mold

Step 3. Make the dough

• Stir together:
  • 75 grams of honey
  • 30 grams of oil
  • 10 grams of lye water
  • 1 gram of salt
• After ingredients are well-mixed, stir in:
  • 150 grams of flour
• Cover the dough and let it rest for an hour.

Step 4. Make the filling

• Take about 35 grams of peanut butter and knead in about 10 grams of flour
• Roll the mixture into a ball and create a well in the center.
  • Place a chocolate truffle of your choice in the well. (We used Lindt Lindor Dark Chocolate truffles.)
• Cover the truffle in the peanut butter and roll into a ball.
• Repeat 8 times.

Step 5. Wrapping the mooncake

• Take 30 grams of the dough and roll into a flat disk.
• Carefully place the ball of filling into the center of the dough and wrap the edges of the dough around the filling until completely enclosed.
• Repeat 8 times.

Step 6. Molding

• Liberally flour the outside of the mooncake ball and then dust off any excess.
• Place the ball onto a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Use the mold to press the ball into the shape of the mooncake.
• Remove mold and repeat the process.

Step 7. Cooking

• Spray the top of the mooncakes with water; bake in a preheated 400 F oven for 5 minutes.
• Remove the mooncakes, brush on a layer of egg wash.
• Turn the temperature down to 325 F and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 8. Eating

• Take the mooncakes out and let them cool completely.
• For best results, leave the mooncakes in a sealed container for a couple of days to help soften the shell and achieve a softer consistency.

Enjoy — and have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!