Brown Sugar Flatbread (红糖烧饼)

红糖烧饼

Brown Sugar Flatbread (红糖烧饼) — Northern Chinese Home CookingShandong (English) home cooking.

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Dark brown sugar
• Lard
• Warm water
• White sesame seeds
• All-purpose flour (for filling)

Instructions

1. Make dough: mix flour, salt, 30g lard and warm water. Knead until smooth. Rest 20 minutes covered. (Dough should be elastic and slightly tacky)
2. Make filling: melt brown sugar gently (don't boil), mix with 20g flour to thicken. Cool to room temp — it should be paste-like. (Filling should hold its shape when scooped, not runny)
3. Divide dough into 4 balls. Roll each into oval. Spread oil paste (remaining lard + 20g flour) on half. (Oil paste should be thin and even, like window screen)
4. Fold over, roll again, fold once more. Cut into 4. Place filling in center, wrap like dumpling. (Seam should be fully sealed, no cracks)
5. Flatten into disc, brush with water, coat with sesame. Bake at 200°C for 18 minutes. (Bottom should be deep golden with sugar leaking slightly)