Vegan Peanut Butter Mooncakes with Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Filling
Equipment
Ingredients
Filling (Use Different FIlling* if Desired)
- 1 pkg almond paste
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Mooncake
- ½ cup peanut butter , or any smooth nut butter of choice
- ½ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup sugar of choice**
Instructions
Mooncake Filling*
- Prepare mooncake filling by mixing almond paste with mini chocolate chips
- roll about 2-3 Tablespoons of the filling into balls. Set aside.
Mooncake Crust
- Mix peanut butter, almond flour, coconut flour, and sugar together until smooth
- Divide dough into 4 equal pieces (or more depending on the size of the mooncake mold)
- Flatten each piece of dough into a disk, then wrap the prepared filling with the dough
- Use a ligtly greased*** mold to press the dough into mooncake shapes and set onto a clean parchment paper. I used a 125g mooncake mold, but you can use any mold size you have at home - just be sure to adjust the filling size!
- Bake in a preheated 340F oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned. Since it's a vegan recipe, the crust needs to cook only briefly until it's set.
- For the best texture, store these mooncakes inside an airtight container and chill overnight in the fridge. The mooncakes actually taste better the day after.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*You can also use any mooncake fillings of choice, like lotus paste, nuts, sweetened bean paste, or even mashed sweet potato
**I used raw cane sugar for this recipe, but coconut, date and maple sugars are better, less processed granulated sugars I would also recommend. Please note that these sugars will make the mooncakes appear darker. For lower carb options, you can also use sugar-free sweeteners such as monk fruit sweetener or stevia (but you’ll have to convert according to package instructions).
***I used olive oil cooking spray to grease my mooncake mold. If you don’t have olive oil cooking spray you can use other vegetable oil sprays or melted coconut oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 372kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 12gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 167mgPotassium: 183mgFiber: 7gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 25IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mgZinc: 1mg***Net Carbs: 17g
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