She also incorporated brown butter, which of course, is always a worthwhile addition. In another medium bowl, whisk together the glutinous rice flour, cacao powder, baking powder, and salt.Add this dry mixture to the large bowl and mix until smooth. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, honey, melted butter, and vanilla.

But then she started tinkering, rejiggering the recipe to use two muffin tins instead. Preheat oven to 325 F (165 C) and grease a 12-cups muffin tin with oil or butter (or line with cupcake liners). She first learned to make butter mochi in a standard large cake pan from a friend’s recipe. The recipe is from Berkeley’s Samin Nosrat, a writer, cooking teacher and former cook at Chez Panisse, who recently wrote the seminal, best-selling “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking” (Simon & Schuster). So when I spied a recipe for “Brown-Butter Mochi” in the New York Times a few months ago, I tore it out, eager to try it. I can’t resist this Hawaiian baked good made with glutinous rice flour, which gives it a wondrous chewy texture like a big gummi bear.įor those with celiac disease, it has the added bonus of being gluten-free, too. Mochi muffins and Hawaiian Butter Mochi start with sweet rice flour, mixed with liquids, and baked.Made with dark brown sugar, coconut milk, evaporated milk and mochiko flour, these little treats are gluten-free.Īnyone who has followed my blog for awhile knows about my love for butter mochi. Traditional mochi starts with steamed rice and is pounded and shaped into sweet or savory rice cakes. The baked good uses Japanese rice flour and tropical coconut milk, but it takes the form of a Western-style sheet cake made with butter and eggs. Butter mochi is a popular Hawaiian baked good that takes its inspiration from multiple cultures. During New Year’s, Japanese families gather to pound mochi in a tradition called Mochitsuki. Mochi muffins are individual servings of Hawaiian butter mochi cake baked in a muffin pan. It can be flavored, baked, steamed, fried and made into countless delicious treats both sweet and savory. Sweet rice is pulverized into flour to which water and flavorings are added. Mochi (sweet rice flour) is a cornerstone of Asian treats.

Mochi muffins are individual servings of Hawaiian butter mochi cake baked in a muffin pan. There are now mochi brownies, mochi doughnuts, mochi cookies, and my favorite mochi muffins. Mochi has become so popular that other desserts are being branded with the name. Asian cuisine has always been popular and the sweet treats were no exception. I mean, the soft and chewy texture combined with the sweet flavor is just a treat to eat.

Each delectable mochi muffin is like biting into a sugary-sweet, delicate cloud. 'The mochi muffins are outstanding! One of the best places for authentic buttery mochi muffins in the bay area. Ridiculously long, but keyword-dense sample review you can leave at any of the above places: (Hopefully this isn't considered brigading.) If you ever go (or have gone) to any of these places, be sure to leave a review containing 'mochi muffins'. Here's a bunch of other choices for mochi muffins.