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Butter Mochi

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Photo of three slices of butter mochi on a white plate on pink background.
Photo by Alana Kysar and Brooklyn Dombroski

Butter mochi is a mainstay at any island party. You can see why: it’s like a perfectly chewy, slightly sticky, and just-dense-enough coconut-custard glutinous rice cake. What I love about it is how it evolves over the course of twenty-four hours. The first day it’s got this gorgeous, golden brown, crispy, crunchy crust that magically transforms into a soft, almost melty crust the next day. While you can halve the recipe, I doubt you’ll want to after trying a bite!

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