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Two ube glazed mochi donuts on a white plate.

Ube Baked Mochi Donuts

Emily
Ube baked mochi donuts are a quick and easy baked donut recipe that is chewy and soft on the inside and crisp on the outside.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
ESTIMATED COST : $5.50, or $0.91 a donut
Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 6 donuts
Calories 301 kcal

Equipment

  • Donut pan I used a 6 cup donut pan (which can hold about 275 ml of liquid)

Ingredients
  

For the Donuts

  • Corn starch flour to dust
  • 90 grams (3.17 ounces) glutinous rice flour (mochiko flour, or sweet rice flour)
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder levelled
  • Pinch of salt
  • 30 grams (1.06 ounces) unsalted butter melted, plus extra to grease
  • 30 grams (1.06 ounces) brown sugar
  • 1 egg (about 60 grams, 2.11 ounces), room temperature
  • 100 ml/grams (3.53 ounces) milk room temperature
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Glaze

  • 120 grams (4.23 ounces) white chocolate roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ube extract powder
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Instructions
 

For the Donuts

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F) and grease a donut pan with softened butter and lightly coat with corn starch (flour) (see note 1). Dust off any excess flour.
  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together the glutinous rice flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the melted butter and brown sugar. Then whisk in the egg. Once the egg is mixed through, stir through the milk and vanilla extract.
  • Add the wet ingredients from step 3 to the dry ingredients from step 2. Mix until combined and there are no lumps.
  • Place the batter evenly in the prepared donut pan. (see note 2).
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the tops of the donuts become lightly browned.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and allow to cool completely. (see note 3).

For the Glaze

  • Melt chocolate in a microwave or using the double boiler method.
  • Once melted, mix through the oil. Then divide the mixture into two separate bowls. One bowl should hold about ¼ of the chocolate and the other ¾ of the chocolate mixture.
  • Place the ube extract in the bowl with the most chocolate, and mix it together.
  • Dip the cooled donuts into the ube chocolate mixture, shaking off any excess mixture. Place on a wire rack (glaze side up).
  • Drizzle over the white chocolate using a spoon to create lines on top of the ube glazed donuts.

Notes

  1. This should make it less likely the donuts stick to the donut tin.
  2. You could use a spoon to do this, or even a piping bag.
  3. If you are having difficultly removing the donuts from the pan, use a toothpick carefully around the edges of the donuts. This should loosen the donuts from the pan.
We recommend you glaze the round side of the donut rather than the flat side.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 donutCalories: 301kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 8gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 164mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 87mgSugar: 16g
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