Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies

Name: Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 75 grams Bread (strong) flour; 75 grams Cake flour; 55 grams Shortening (softened); 15 grams Sugar; 70 ml Water; 110 grams Cake flour; 40 grams Shortening (softened); 300 grams Tsubu-an (store-bought); 3 pieces Dried apricot (finely chopped)

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I used the cookbook "Tenshin（Simple Chinese Cooking)" by Yuu Sumio & Ou Shio.

You can also use butter, vegetable oil, or lard. It's up to you. I prefer using tsubu-an, but koshi-an is also tasty. Recipe by Hideko

I used the cookbook "Tenshin（Simple Chinese Cooking)" by Yuu Sumio & Ou Shio.

You can also use butter, vegetable oil, or lard. It's up to you. I prefer using tsubu-an, but koshi-an is also tasty. Recipe by Hideko

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I used the cookbook "Tenshin（Simple Chinese Cooking)" by Yuu Sumio & Ou Shio.

You can also use butter, vegetable oil, or lard. It's up to you. I prefer using tsubu-an, but koshi-an is also tasty. Recipe by Hideko

I used the cookbook "Tenshin（Simple Chinese Cooking)" by Yuu Sumio & Ou Shio.

You can also use butter, vegetable oil, or lard. It's up to you. I prefer using tsubu-an, but koshi-an is also tasty. Recipe by Hideko

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Ingredients

15 servings

Outer dough:
75 gramsBread (strong) flour
75 gramsCake flour
55 gramsShortening (softened)
15 gramsSugar
70 mlWater
Inner dough:
110 gramsCake flour
40 gramsShortening (softened)
Filling:
300 gramsTsubu-an (store-bought)
3pieces Dried apricot (finely chopped)

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Steps

1

Make the outer dough. Place the ingredients into a bowl. Add water and mix together. Knead well with your hands until smooth. Place the dough on a cloth and let it sit.
2

Make the inner dough. Place the ingredients into a bowl and combine. Knead until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
3

Divide both the outer and inner dough into 15 portions each. Wrap the outer dough around the inner dough. Tightly seal the seam.
4

Place the seam on the bottom and use a rolling pin to roll into an oval.
5

Roll starting from the point farthest away to the point closest to you.
6

Turn it so that it faces sideways and roll it out one more time starting from the rolled end.
7

Roll.
8

Roll it out one more time from the rolled end.
9

Fold into 3 layers. This completes the cake dough.
10

Finish making the cakes. Roll the dough out into a circle. Fill with the tsubu-an and wrap it up.
11

Place the seam on the bottom and tightly seal it closed. Flatten it out and roll it into a circle. Use scissors to make 7-8 cuts in the top. Twist the slits so the the cut ends face upwards.
12

Place a piece of dried apricot in the centers and then line them up on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 200°C oven for 15 minutes.
13

Done.