<p>一,嫦娥奔月</p><p>Long long time ago.10 suns appear in the sky which make people feel boiling.therewas a shooter named Houyi.He helped people to shoot down 9 suns with his arrow and left the last one.Houyi commanded that the sun should rise and fall on time each day to benefit people.</p><p>Because of shooting down the suns and saving the world.The queen Wangmu 'gavehim a magic pill which can make him a god.Hoyi asked his wife Chang-e to keep it.</p><p>One day.Houyi went out for hunting leaving ChangE at home alone.</p><p>When Houyi left.the bad person called Pangmeng broke into Houyi's house and forced ChangE to gave him the magic pill.ChangE worried about Pangmeng will bring disaster,so she swallowed the pill.</p><p>After swallowed the pill.ChangE flew into heaven.She worried about Houyi .so she only flew to the moon which was nearest to the earth and become the moon goodness.</p><p>ChangE missed her husband very much.sodid her husband Houyi.</p><p>The god told Houyi a method:to make themooncake which looked like the full</p><p>moon on Every 15th of August.Put the moon cake on the northeast of the house then calling Chang-E.and ChangE would come back to meet him.</p><p>We called this day-Midautumn festival.</p> <p>二,Mid-Autumn Festival An introduction</p><p>The Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhongqiujie, is a festival for families to get together in China.</p><p>It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when the full moon returns to the sky.</p><p>On this day, people eat a moon-shaped dessert called a Moon Cake.</p><p>All the family members sit together, eat Moon Cakes and fresh fruits,</p><p>and enjoy the sight of the round and bright moon.</p><p>Those who cannot return home look at the round moon and think of their family.</p><p>Chinese people all around the world share the same tradition.</p><p>Just like an ancient Chinese poem says, </p><p>the moon was rising from the sea</p><p>and all the people were sharing this moment</p> <p>三,介绍阴晴圆缺</p> <p>三,做月饼</p><p>P: Baby, do you know what day it is today? It’s Mid-Autumn Festival. It falls on the 15th</p><p>day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. In Chinese, it’s called Zhong Qiu Jie. Mommy</p><p>and Daddy have one day off. We don’t go to work today. We can stay and play together.</p><p>Are you happy?</p><p>K: Yes. I’m very happy.</p><p>P: Today we can make something delicious to eat. Then, we can play something</p><p>interesting. Do you know what it is?</p><p>K: No, Mommy. I want to eat first.</p><p>P: Can’t you wait to eat? OK. Let’s make some mooncakes first.</p><p>1. Mix together the ingredients for the dough.</p><p>Stir (搅拌) together the alkaline water, golden syrup, and peanut oil.</p><p>Sift (筛) in the flour into the mix slowly.</p><p>Mix these ingredients together to form a dough.</p><p>Cover the dough with saran wrap. (保鲜膜)</p><p>Set the dough aside for at least 3 hours.</p><p>制作饼皮,将枧水、糖浆、花生油混合后搅拌,加入过筛面粉,制成面团。保鲜膜</p><p>包好放置 3 个小时。</p><p>2.Prepare the filling.</p><p>Separate the lotus seed paste into 20 equal parts and roll into balls.</p><p>将莲蓉分成 20 等分</p><p>Make a hole in the ball of lotus paste, put the egg yolk inside, and wrap it.</p><p>在莲蓉团中压出一个洞,把半个生蛋黄放进去,用莲蓉包住它</p><p>Making sure the weight of wrapped lotus seed and egg yolk is about 35g.</p><p>莲蓉蛋黄球的总量大概在 35 克左右,否则太大会包不下哦。</p><p>Make the lotus seed paste that covers the egg yolk into a ball again.</p><p>把莲蓉鸭蛋馅料揉成球。</p><p>Cover the balls with saran wrap and set it aside.</p><p>用保鲜膜包好放置待用。</p><p>3.Separate the dough into 20 equal parts, 15g each.</p><p>Roll each of those into a ball as well. Cover the balls with saran wrap and set it aside.</p><p>分割饼皮成 20 等份,15g 一个,揉成球形,保鲜膜包好放置待用。</p><p>4.Assemble your mooncake.</p><p>Flatten each piece of dough into a small disk.</p><p>Cover the lotus paste ball (with the egg yolk inside) with the dough completely.</p><p>Repeat this for each mooncake.</p><p>We should have about 20 mooncakes.</p><p>取饼皮,用大拇指把中间部分压扁,放入馅料并包好,重复此步。</p><p>5.Decorate the mooncake with mooncake mold.</p><p>Spray your mooncake mold with nonstick spray or oil.</p><p>Press each mooncake lightly into the mold.</p><p>Take the mooncake out of the mold, and put it onto a baking sheet or baking pan.</p><p>月饼模具喷/刷一层薄薄的油,将月饼放入模具里压花,取出放入烤盘。</p><p>6.Bake mooncakes for the first time.</p><p>Preheat the oven to 200℃ (degrees celsius)</p><p>Put the mooncakes into the oven and bake for 5 minutes.</p><p>While the mooncakes are baking, make the egg wash (蛋液).</p><p>Mix together the egg whites and the egg yolk; sift them through a sieve (过筛) (sieving</p><p>can be neglected).</p><p>预热烤箱 200 度。将月饼放入烤箱烤 5 分钟。期间做蛋液(可过筛,也可不过)</p><p>7.Brush the baked mooncake with egg wash.</p><p>Take the mooncakes out of the oven after about 5 minutes and brush them with the egg</p><p>wash.</p><p>5 分钟后取出月饼,刷蛋液。</p><p>8.Bake the mooncake again.</p><p>Put them back in the oven with temperature set at 180℃.</p><p>Bake around 15 minutes until they become golden brown.</p><p>放入预热(180 度)的烤箱,烤 15 分钟,中间鼓出并上色后即可取出</p><p>冰皮月饼</p><p>The ingredients</p><p>Mooncake Skin powder (冰皮月饼粉): 200g</p><p>Boiled water (开水): 200g</p><p>Fillings (馅) (choose the flavors you like): 400g</p><p>Mold (模具): 50g mooncake mold. You can make 16 mooncakes.</p><p>1. Pour the mooncake skin powder into the boiled water.</p><p>2. Stir with an eggbeater (打蛋器) or chopsticks (筷子).</p><p>3. While it’s not too hot, roll it into smooth dough.</p><p>4. Separate the dough into 16 equal parts, each 25g. Roll them into balls. Cover the saran</p><p>wrap and set it aside for 1 hour.</p><p>5. Prepare 16 fillings, with weight 25g each. Roll them into balls as well.</p><p>6. Wrap each filling with the snow skin completely and roll them into balls.</p><p>7. Shape the filled dough with the mold</p><p>8. Put the filled dough into the mold, press, and the mooncake is ready.</p><p>9. If you want to make colorful mooncakes, add some fruit and vegetable powder in step 2 before separating dough.</p>