A good start is half the battle, from this day on, Ruixue's enthusiasm for the oven is out of control, square crisp, taro crisp, bean paste scones, oil and salt baked cakes, simply varied.

Everyone stretched their necks day by day, smelling the fragrance wafting from the inner courtyard, guessing what fresh food they could eat today.

Compared with those taro cakes and other dim sum, everyone loves baked cakes even more, whether it is bean paste filling, sugar, or oil and salt, soft golden cakes, sandwiched with puff pastry in the middle, overlapping layer by layer, how many times better than steamed buns, Amber and Wu Yu also like it very much, so the Zhao family's dinner table has made baked cakes as the staple food in the past few days.

At breakfast this day, everyone was drinking glutinous red bean rice porridge and eating baked cakes with delicious side dishes, Wu Yu suddenly remembered something, and said, "Sister, this baked cake is round and golden, it is the special food of the Mid-Autumn Festival you said a few days ago, right?" ”

Rui Xue took a bean paste baked cake, divided half of it to Zhao Fengnian, and said with a smile, "No, what I said is a moon cake, this baked cake..." ”

Zhao Fengnian gave her a chopstick and tender bamboo shoots, and replied, "August 13, the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

"Oops, I forgot about business."

Rui Xue put down her chopsticks in annoyance, "Building an oven was originally for baking moon cakes, giving gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and sharing benefits for everyone, why did you only care about baking snacks and forget about business." ”

Zhao Fengnian picked up the chopsticks and handed them to her again, and persuaded, "The heat of that iron box has been mastered, and it is easy to make moon cakes again, there are still two days left and right, so I can catch up." ”

Rui Xue quickly finished eating the rice porridge in the bowl, and stopped eating the baked cakes, so she said, "Where can I catch up, the stuffing has not been prepared yet, and there are still gifts to be sent to each family..."

Wu Yu ate the baked cake in his hand in a few bites and shouted, "Sister, I won't go to the school today, I'll help you." ”

Rui Xue knocked on his head with chopsticks, pretending to be annoyed, "No, you are doing a disservice when you enter the stove, hurry up and go to study, the moon cake is baked, leave a piece for you." ”

Wu Yu suddenly smiled, wiped the corners of his mouth, ran back to the room and took the books to the East Garden.

Amber also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Snow girl, the moon cakes are baked, send two pieces to the East Garden." After speaking, the old man also put his hands behind his back, and Shi Shiran left.

Rui Xue smiled bitterly, "You can't help, you can only try it." ”

Zhao Fengnian coaxed, "Otherwise, if you put it there in the workshop, I'll give you a hand." ”

Rui Xue was disgusted, pushed him, and said with a smile, "You might as well be Brother Yu, hurry up and earn money, our children will count on you for their future dowry and dowry." ”

In a word, Zhao Fengnian was proud and warm-hearted, if it weren't for the old mother and the two girls, he would have hugged his wife and kissed him, but unfortunately, he was a little disappointed, patted his wife's hand, said a few words, and went to the account room.

Cui'er and Caiyun Caiyue were busy picking up the table, Ruixue went back to the room and took the list that had been prepared in advance, looked at it carefully, and there was nothing missing, so she called Caiyun to come in and sent the list to the front yard.

In my previous life, although I ate a lot of Ruixue mooncakes, I didn't make them myself, but I occasionally glanced at them on the recipe, and this time I had to bake them in large quantities, and I felt a little apprehensive.

The common people love good signs, there are pairs do not need singles, and try to avoid using four, Ruixue is no exception, pondering the decency of the gift, so he prepared six kinds of fillings, bean paste, egg yolk, five kernels, black sesame seeds, fresh meat and cloud legs.

Three little maids in the backyard, a grandmother, plus the three Yingzi assigned by Zhao Fengnian, is seven people, but it is enough, Ruixue divided the work for them, the little maid and Gui Mama peeled walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts and nuts, Yingzi, Pomegranate and Jin Zhi'er were rich and experienced, so they boiled bean paste and egg yolk, chopped meat filling, and everyone was busy.

Thinking of these good fillings, the delicious food made, there must be a share of them, Yingzi smiled from ear to ear, just to send the mother's gift is also there, the taste is not to mention for the time being, even if it is only mentioned, the workshop of the workmanship can make the father and mother look up in front of the villagers, after all, these ten miles and eight villages, can enter the workshop to work to earn money, and the woman who has been treated so favorably by the owner's family is unique.

Mama Gui peeled peanuts and chestnuts under her hands, and saw that Rui Xue arranged and dispatched everyone, each performing her own duties, quite the demeanor of everyone's housewife, and couldn't help sighing in her heart.

The longer she lived in Zhao's Mansion, the more she regretted that she shouldn't have protected Miss so tightly before, and let her have more contact with the sinister world, so that Miss Xing would not develop a weak and unassertive temper. Not to mention anything else, just look at the young lady who forgets the past and is helpless in this small village, from the beginning of the lack of food and clothing, the serious illness of the husband, to the current prosperous days, it can be seen that her nature is tenacious and intelligent, but unfortunately, she woke up too late after all...

At the beginning of the afternoon, the little six sons who went into the city to send tofu bought cloud legs and fine noodles back, Zhang Dahe also brought two temporary carved wooden molds in, one is a blooming lotus flower, and the other is a magpie Dengmei, because of the rush of time, he was a little worried about the rough workmanship, but he didn't expect Ruixue to take it and look at it, and praised it again and again, which made him blush a little, and hurriedly went to find a good wood, and planned to carve the remaining four more carefully.

Everyone was worried about baking moon cakes in the afternoon, and they all ate a bite of lunch hastily, Rui Xue didn't take a nap, rolled up her sleeves, and tentatively wrapped the first piece of fresh meat moon cakes.

In the blue and white bowl, put the fat and thin meat filling, add frosting, honey, fried white sesame seeds, sesame oil, soy sauce, minced ginger and garlic, and salt, stir as well as possible, and become sticky before stopping.

Two small clay pots, both filled with most of the fine flour, one added cooked lard and hot water, stirred quickly, and the other only added lard, and the same was kneaded into a smooth dough. Cut into equal portions of twenty and let go for a quarter of an hour.

Then, flatten the water and oil dough, wrap the puff pastry, close the mouth, roll it into a round cake, roll it up from the inside out, and then roll it into a dough cake, and so on twice, then put the meat filling in the middle of the round dough, carefully knead it tightly, and then put it in a wooden mold, lightly print the pattern, and put it on an iron plate brushed with vegetable oil.

Finally, brush with a layer of egg yolk and water mixture and put it in the oven.

Everyone was busy burning the fire, and their faces were full of excitement waiting for the moon cakes to come out, Rui Xue was not too worried, after all, this fresh meat moon cake was almost a copy of the shortbread made a few days ago, but the shape was different, and the chance of failure should not be large.

Sure enough, after two quarters of an hour, as soon as the baking tray was pulled out, everyone cheered, and the moon cake that was only the size of a palm and three fingers thick was engraved with a blooming lotus flower, and because of the relationship between the egg wash, the color was more golden and brilliant than the previous shortbread and baked cakes, which was coveted.

Rui Xue cut it with a knife, and found that it was not as hollow and collapsed as she imagined, so she was very satisfied, and said with a smile, "This is just baked, if you wait for two days and return to the oil, it will taste better." Everyone took a bite to try it, and they all shouted yes.

Rui Xue then assigned Yingzi to bake the rest of the stuffing as before, and she went to study the remaining fillings.

Egg yolks and five kernels are not suitable for puff pastry, so she tries to mix the icing with water, vegetable oil and salt, then add fine flour, knead it into a dough, and let it rise for an hour.

Peel the pine nuts, peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts and melon seeds, put them in a pot and fry until fragrant, roll them into half pieces with a thick rolling pin, add frosting, fine noodles, vegetable oil and cold boiled water, and stir until they can be kneaded and shaped.

Finally, the dough is divided into uniform pieces, rolled into round cakes, filled with five kernels, closed, and pressed into molds.

But this time it was a bit troublesome to handcuff, first roasted for a quarter of an hour, took it out to cool, brushed with a layer of egg wash, and then roasted a second time.

In this way, the moon cakes that are finally baked taste oily and soft, which is another delicacy compared to puff pastry.

Everyone was busy all afternoon, and when it was dark when Sister-in-law Zhang came back from the dock and came to see the excitement, the fresh meat moon cakes and five kernel moon cakes had been baked, and seven or eight curtains were neatly arranged, more than one hundred and fifty pieces, and from a distance it looked like an elite soldier wearing golden armor waiting for the review.

Sister-in-law Zhang tasted one, and regretted it, "I knew that my sister made this delicious food today, so I just didn't go to the dock for one day, and I also had to learn this craft." ”

Rui Xue smiled and poured her tea, "It's not too late, my sister-in-law will rest at home tomorrow, just after the mooncakes are baked, I also have to prepare a gift and give benefits to everyone, and my sister-in-law will help me Zhang Luo." ”

Zhang Luo gives gifts and benefits, this is all about handling money and treasury, not a trustworthy person, Ruixue will not entrust it, Zhang's sister-in-law understands in her heart, she is naturally happy, and she should go down, and finally said, "Today on the dock, everyone talked about the sister, and said that they haven't seen it for many days, ask me how the sister's body is, the Xu family brothers brought two baskets of crispy dates from elsewhere a few days ago, and want to ask me to send them to you tomorrow." ”

Rui Xue thought of the shop and everyone at the dock, and she really missed it, but now she has a big belly, and many people are watching her every step she takes, so she can't let her go to the dock for a walk, so she said, "On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, is the dock going to rest for a day?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, "I heard that there was such a plan, and everyone said that this year's income is good, and we want to have a good holiday." ”

Rui Xue glanced at the moon cakes and said, "Sister-in-law will go to the dock tomorrow afternoon, bring more moon cakes to the brothers on the dock, and each of them will send a piece to taste fresh, as for the Xu family and the Ma family, I will let them pack two decent boxes and take them together." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang was a little distressed, and wanted to persuade her, she saw all those empty noodle bags and oil jars, but after thinking about it, the Zhao family is not short of these taels of silver now, and besides, everyone at the dock treats Ruixue sincerely.