Black Sesame Mochi Donuts

4.65 from 31 ratings

These chewy and moderately sweet mochi donuts has flavors of toasted black sesame and the texture of mochi.

Prep Time20

Cook Time7

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: black sesame mochi donuts, mochi donut recipe, mochi donuts

Servings: donuts

Calories: 181kcal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Toast the black sesame seeds for 10-20 seconds. Pour sesame seeds into a food processor or spice grinder and pulse until it becomes powder. I would highly recommend using a spice grinder.
In a large bowl, mix together the sweet rice flour, baking powder, and powdered black sesame seeds. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the butter, vanilla extract, milk, and sugar. Add in the eggs and whisk until combined.
Sift the dry ingredients from step 3 into the bowl with the wet ingredients. Use a spatula to combine until you get a wet dough.
Spoon the dough into a pastry bag or ziploc bag. Pipe the dough into the donut pan. I used a donut pan with donut molds that are 3 inches in diameter.
Bake for 7-9 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Once the donuts are out of the oven, cool for 10 minutes on a drying rack.
While the donuts are cooling, make the glaze. Add all the ingredients for the glaze into a small bowl and whisk together.
Dip donuts into the glaze and put them on the cooling rack to dry. It should take about 20 minutes for the glaze to fully dry.

Use a spice grinder to break down black sesame seeds - One of my favorite kitchen tools of all time is my spice grinder. I used it way more than I thought I would, and I especially like using it to grind up black sesame seeds. I would highly recommend using it for that purpose.
Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients - The powdered black sesame seeds tend to clump up, so sifting the dry ingredients helps get rid of the clumps.
Use a ziploc bag to pipe donuts into donut pan - I tried to spoon the batter into the donut molds, but I ended up making a mess. That's how I ended up using a ziploc bag to pipe them into the molds. It's a lot quicker, and there is less mess.
Cool donuts before dipping them in glaze - Dipping a hot donut into glaze will cause it to melt because there is a lot of sugar in the glaze. However, if you like melt-y glaze, then totally go for it. :)