There are healthier versions of store-bought mooncakes that contain low-sugar lotus seed paste, are made with natural sweeteners such as dates, or only have one egg yolk. “But understandably ...

Cantonese-style mooncakes traditionally have a flaky, brown pastry shell. One traditional filling is lotus seed paste with a salted duck egg yolk, while others might include ham or nuts.

Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Weigh the ingredients: Once cool, weigh out the ingredients for each mooncake. Use 30g of the lotus paste while the dough for the mooncake skin should weigh 20g.

This small bakery tucked inside the Chandler branch of Lee Lee's International Supermarkets sells freshly-made red bean, taro, pineapple and lotus seed paste mooncakes ($6-7). Details: 2025 N.

Grand Imperial is offering eight traditional baked mooncakes and two snow skin versions to choose from. The traditional flavours are Black Sesame with Lotus (single yolk), Lotus Paste (double yolk ...