
Mochi Cookies
Total Time
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 13 min. + cooling
Yield
1 dozen
Our recipe for mochi cookies takes classic chocolate chip cookies and makes them even better by adding a surprise chewy mochi center.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sweet white rice flour
- 3-1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch
- COOKIES:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- To make mochi, in a small saucepan, whisk together rice flour, sugar and water; heat over medium-low. With a spatula, stir constantly until mixture thickens and starts to pull away from the sides, about 5 minutes. Let slightly cool. Sprinkle a cutting board with cornstarch; remove mochi to the cutting board. Knead until dough is coated in cornstarch. Let cool.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 15x10x1-in. baking sheet with parchment paper.
- To make cookies, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla extract until combined.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix dry ingredients into the creamed mixture until a dough forms, 1-2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Divide cookie dough into 12 portions. Portion out 12 pieces of mochi, about 1 teaspoon each. Press an indentation into the middle of the cookie dough. Place a piece of mochi inside, working the cookie dough around the mochi to enclose it completely. Place each ball of cookie dough on the baking sheet about 2 in. apart; flatten slightly.
- Bake 13-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks. Serve cookies warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 295 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 146mg sodium, 47g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
This mochi cookies recipe takes the classic chocolate chip cookies with the crisp edges that we love, and adds a super chewy mochi filling to create a cookie with contrasting textures. —Molly Allen, Hood River, Oregon
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