Mochi Donuts and Bread

A relaxing, but chilly Sunday in November... the perfect time for making mochi donuts! I am a huge fan of mochi. The sticky, chewy texture is so unique and delicious.. and it works wonderfully in baked recipes as well! So here is my first attempt at mochi donuts... 
 Ingredients:

-1 cup glutinous sweet rice flour (can be found in Asian supermarkets)
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-3/4 cups of sugar
-1 egg
-3/4 cups of milk
-2 tbsp. baking powder
-oil for frying

Procedure:
1. Mix rice flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, egg, milk, and baking powder.

Mochi donut batter

2. In a small dish, stir together sugar and cinnamon. You will roll your donuts in this!
3. Heat oil so that it sizzles when something is placed in it.
4. Drop the batter in round spoonfuls into the oil. 

5. Fry until the shape is definite and the donuts are golden-brown.

Frying the donuts. Those are my grandma's hands. ;)

6. Drain the donuts on a plate on top of a paper towel.
7. Roll your donuts in cinnamon and sugar.
8. Enjoy! :)

Additionally, I decided to try baking the batter in muffin tins.. So I lined my muffin tin with foil liners, baked at 350F for 25 minutes... and voila! A sweet round bread has formed! But it doesn't taste as good as the donuts... :-)

Baked mochi bread

Enjoy~