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King Arthur Baking | 2022-08-26
Description
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, is a keystone Chinese holiday that occurs when the moon is at its fullest (and brightest). A hallmark of this celebration is the making and eating of mooncakes, which are often given as gifts to express love and best wishes. Mooncakes consist of tender pastry dough that gets wrapped around a filling and then pressed into a special mold to create a beautifully embossed design that signifies longevity and prosperity. This baked version, filled with sweetened red bean paste (and often salted egg yolks to represent the full moon), is among the most popular type of mooncake.
