Sun cakes

Makes 20

Filling:

2T. honey or maltose or corn syrup

3/4 C. confectioners’ sugar

2 T. butter

3 T. flour

Skin:

A: 2C. flour

4 T. shortening

8 T. water

B: Oil flour:

1 1/2C. flour

6 T. shortening

Filling:

Briefly heat honey or maltose until soft; remove from heat. Sift confectioners’ [...]

Red bean soup

5~ 6 servings

2/3 lb red bean

10 cup water

1 C sugar

Place beans, with water to cover, in a pan; cook 2 minutes over medium heat; drain and place in a pressure cooker with 10C. water; cook 20 minutes over medium heat*. add sugar; pour into a serv­ing bowl and serve.

If [...]

Mung Bean Soup

1/2 C mung beans 1/4 C sugar water

1. rinse the mung beans and soak in water overnight 2. pour the beans and the water it had been soaking in into a pot. Cook for 10 minutes. Save the liquid for later. Some of the nutrient maybe destroyed by long cooking, let simmer for 1 [...]

Sweet Rice Balls with Soup (Tang1 Yuan2)

1. Filling: (notes from Margaret – I use  the recipe of moon cake filling instead of this)

1 oz. (1/4 C) black sesame seeds*

1 oz. vegetable oil

2 1/2 T. confectioners sugar

Rinse sesame seeds; stir‑fry over low heat (no oil) until fragrant (about 30 seconds); grind into a fine powder. Oil mix with [...]

Sweet New Years Cake (Nian2 Gao1)

Translated as “sticky cake,” nian gao is a traditional Chinese New Year food. Nian, the word for sticky, is also the word for year (same pronunciation, different character) while gao, the word for cake, is also the word for high together meaning “every year, higher and higher” and symbolizes good luck.

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酒釀 jiu niang (sweet rice wine soup)

3 cups glutinous rice (sweet rice) 1/4 ball wine yeast (jiu yao), crushed into powder

Rinse, then soak the rice overnight or 5-6 hours.

Leave just enough water to cover the rice. Cook until semi-translucent.

Let cool a little, until warm. Use a little cold water to separate the grains.

Sprinkle wine yeast into [...]

Moon cakes

Here’s the moon cake recipe from IE.  For 2009, the mid-autumn festival when these are customarily eaten is Oct. 3.

Choose whichever filling you prefer; i.e. make one of the other, not both, for one recipe of dough.

Dough ½ cup sugar 1 cup water ¼ cup sesame oil ¾ cup oil approx. 5 cups [...]