Almond Flour Taro Mooncakes (Vegan & Gluten Free)
Equipment
Ingredients
Mooncake Filling
- 180 g SWEET TARO FILLING , click link to go to recipe. See notes* for alternative filling ideas!
Mooncake Crust
- ½ cup almond flour
- 1 T coconut flour
- 3 T granulated sugar of choice **
- 1 T light olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 3 Tbsp mashed cooked taro , about 45g
Instructions
Prepare the filling
- Prepare mooncake filling by rolling 1-2 Tablespoons of taro filling into balls. Keep the filling in the freezer until ready to use. Wrapping the filling with the dough later will be so much easier if the filling is pre-frozen.
- NOTE: You can also use other mooncake fillings of choice like white bean paste. Check out my ULTIMATE LIST OF MOONCAKE FILLINGS post for more ideas!*
Make the Mooncake Crust
- Mix almond flour, coconut flour, sugar, melted coconut oil and mashed cooked taro together until smooth
- Divide dough into 6 equal pieces
- 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 50g 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 350F oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned.
- 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!
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Notes
*Instead of the taro filling, you can also use lotus paste, white bean paste, or red bean paste as mooncake fillings.
For more ideas on mooncake fillings, check out my ULTIMATE LIST OF MOONCAKE FILLINGS post here.
**I used raw cane sugar for this recipe, but for lower carb options, you can also use sugar-free sweeteners such as monk fruit sweetener
***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: 123kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 237mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 28IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mgZinc: 0.1mg***Net Carbs: 16g
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