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Healthy Mung Bean Snow Skin Mooncakes

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 6 (75g) mooncakes
Calories 166 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Snowskin Mooncake Dough

Mooncake Filling

  • 300 g mung bean paste , or other filling of choice such as lotus paste, red bean paste or white bean paste

Instructions
 

Prep the filling (read note* for alternatives)

  • Prepare mooncake filling by rolling about 1-2 Tablespoons of mung bean paste filling into balls. Set aside.
  • NOTE: You can also use other mooncake fillings of choice like white bean paste. Check out my ULTIMATE LIST OF SNOW SKIN MOONCAKE FILLINGS post for more ideas!*

Make the Mooncake Skin

  • In a microwaveable glass bowl (like Pyrex), mix the mung bean paste and sweet rice flour until the mung bean has been well incorporated into the flour.
  • Add water and whisk until smoooth.
  • Microwave the mixture for 1 minute
  • Use a SOLID METAL spoon (wooden spoons might break!) to stir the cooked mixture so that the cooked and uncooked parts are evenly mixed
  • Microwave the mixture again, this time for 1 minute
  • Stir briefly, and pour the cooked glutinous rice dough onto a lightly greased baking pan

Shape the Mooncakes

  • Cut the glutinous rice dough into 6-7 pieces using scissors
  • Fill with prepared sweetened mung bean filling.
  • Fit the filled pieces into a lightly greased mooncake mold** and press into shape. I used a 75 g mooncake mold, but you can also use any mold size you have at home
  • For the best texture, let cool in the freezer for 20-30 minutes before eating.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

*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 SNOW SKIN MOONCAKE FILLINGS post here.
**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: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 6mgFiber: 2gSugar: 24gCalcium: 11mgIron: 1mgZinc: 1mg***Net Carbs: 36g
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