Recipe: Eating on a Dime Butter Mochi

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Butter Mochi. Butter mochi is of Hawaiian derivation and shouldn't be viewed as the same type of "mochi" that you may have had with your Japanese friends. It is in its nature to be more "cake"ish and is meant to be eaten in squares like brownies or lemon squares. So, while you are correct that this is not "mochi", it IS Butter Mochi.
It is a classic Hawaiian dessert that is very unique because of its bouncy, slightly crispy texture.
This recipe for mochi is an easy Hawaiian local-style treat made with coconut and butter in a rice flour base.
A great dessert for any tropical themed party.
You can have Butter Mochi using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Butter Mochi
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You need 1 lb of Mochiko Flour.
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Prepare 2 1/2 cup of Sugar.
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It’s 1 tsp of Baking Powder.
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You need 5 of Eggs.
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You need 3 cup of Milk.
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Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla.
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It’s 1/2 cup of Butter, Melted.
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It’s 1 cup of Coconut Flakes, Sweetened.
Butter mochi is a local Hawaiian treat, somewhat like a cross between a butter cake and Japanese mochi.
It's sweet and chewy, with a nice golden top.
It's usually baked in a tray and then cut into squares, like brownies.
Butter mochi cake is very easy to make, and all you need to do is: Mix & Bake!
Butter Mochi step by step
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Preheat oven to 350?F..
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Grease very well a 9x13 baking pan or 11x11 pan.
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In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, and baking powder..
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In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, milk, and vanilla..
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Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ones and stir to mix well..
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Add the melted butter and coconut..
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Pour into baking pan and bake for about one hour. Place a cookie sheet on the rack below to catch any drips that may occur..
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When done, let the mochi cool completely before cutting and serving..
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Variations:
- For a Philippino version (Bibingka), replace the milk and coconut flakes with 1 can of coconut milk and 1 can of evaporated milk.
- Leave out the coconut flakes for a non-coconut but still tasty mochi.
- For a healthier version, try using low fat milk and an alternate sugar type (e.g. stevia, xylotol, coconut sugar, etc.). You might also want to leave out the coconut flakes..
- Tip: Make a day ahead as the mochi tastes better overnight..
The mochi butter cake can be left in the pan to cool, or unmolded and cooled on a wire rack.
Mochi is a Japanese pounded rice dessert and you can find it in various flavors and sometimes stuffed with candy, fruit, or ice cream.
Heck, Whole Foods has a mochi bar in most of their stores.
This Butter Mochi recipe is just mochi with A LOT of butter and sweetened with coconut cream.
Hawaiian butter mochi is an easy dessert made with coconut and butter in a rice flour base.