Butter Coconut Mochi (Luke Outdoor Boys YouTube video Inspiration)

Recipe right at the top of this post so you can duplicate the effort & enjoy the outcome :)  

PROCEDURE / Recipe Butter Coconut Mochi

Start by greasing a 9x13 inch metal or glass pan with butter or oil

1 lb bad of glutenous rice flower from Asian grocery store (Uwagimaya locally), 2 cups sugar (or less) 2 teaspoons baking powder, & a 1/2 teaspoon salt into large bowl whisk to combine.

In medium bowl melt a stick of butter or 8 tablespoons, then add one can 16 oz of Coconut milk, 2 cups of milk, 4 large eggs, 2 teaspoons of vanilla & whisk to combine.

Add wet from medium bowl to dry in large bowl & mix until no lumps, as much as you need. I use a hand mixer electric with two beaters, slow at first, then full speed 9 until very homogenous.

Bake 350 F or 177 C for 60 to 70 min, slightly less in glass, more in metal. Less time will be more chewy, more time will be firmer. 

INGREDIENTS

Unsalted butter or vegetable oil, for coating the pan

1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter or 1 pound
Mochiko flour (known as glutinous rice flour) 1lb bag, 16oz

2 cups granulated sugar * 1 cup or so to lower glycemic index

2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon  r salt
2 cups  milk, any fat percentage
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, I use 4 for more flavor

1 (about 13.5-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Mochi are a chewy Japanese snack staple that migrated to Hawaii because of the number of Japanese people who moved too & live in Hawaii. Many Japanese-American people who grew up in Hawaii ate Butter Coconut Mochi as an energetic hiking snack or fitness activity snack, be forewarned they are both delicious & highly calorie dense. If you eat something like this & then sit around without getting hot & sweaty doing physical activity, make sure you eat a smaller piece, otherwise it can drive your blood sugar high promoting weight gain & metabolic disease known as diabetes type 2.

Sharing a recipe for others to try, you might ask why, well consider that scientists are always duplicating other scientists experiments to validate results findings, to confirm new knowledge, well baking has a lot in common with chemistry & chemical experiments, so give it a try & follow the recipe & procedure to a T so that you can personally validate the resulting product :)

Meg & I watch Luke's Outdoor Boys YouTube videos for enjoyment & in one episode we noticed he was eating a Butter Coconut Mochi that his wife Rebecca made for him, that he took with him in a plastic sandwich bag out in the snow covered alpine wilderness of Alaska, where he builds snow caves to camp in & does so showing how to make a fire, how to cook over fire with tools he made & had videos of how to make those tools or you can always buy pre-made stuff to bring with you for such adventures :)