Vegan Mochi Muffins (Hojicha)
A super easy, no-mixer Vegan Mochi Muffins recipe that is naturally gluten-free. These Hojicha Mochi Bites are the perfect sweet-but-not-too-sweet treat for those on a plant-based diet or GF diet. Once you've had them fresh from the oven, the crisp exterior and the soft, stretchy, chewy dough will leave you wanting more!
- Prep time
- 1 hr 55 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2½ Cup coconut milk, unsweetened ((600g/ 21.2 oz) Substitute: 1 part/ 120g/ 4.24 oz coconut cream to 4 parts/ 480g/ 16.96 oz water)
- ⅖ Cups water
- 3 Cups glutinous rice flour (Substitute: mochiko flour etc. See notes for other varieties of glutinous rice flour)
- 1¼- 1½ Cups white sugar
- 1- 1½ Tablespoons Hojicha powder
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Hojicha powder + icing sugar mixed in a 1:1 ratio (Optional, for dusting)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350F/ 177C (157 fan.)
- 2
Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl. If your flour is clumpy, sieve before mixing well. (I never need to sieve for this recipe though!)
- 3
Pour the coconut milk into the dry ingredients. Mix till there are no lumps, bits of flour, or air pockets in the batter. Don't stress about over-mixing as the glutinous rice flour has no gluten and can't be overworked/ become tough.
- 4
Use an ice-cream scoop to scoop the batter into the muffin tin- this helps to ensure that every muffin is approximately the same weight and thus takes the same amount of time to bake. Fill each muffin compartment up to ¾ of the way (you want to give the vegan mochi muffins space to rise up)
- 5
Tap the filled muffin tin gently to remove air bubbles in the dough before placing it in the hot oven.
- 6
Bake for 45-55 minutes or till the edges have turned crisp and golden/ toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. The finished vegan mochi bites will still have a slightly translucent, gooey interior but a crisp golden exterior. The inside will look a little wet even when it's done!
- 7
Optional: for a nice finish, you can dust the muffins with a light sprinkling of Hojicha powder mixed with icing sugar.