Mochi is a soft and chewy treat made from rice flour. It has many uses, as you can form it into mochi doughnuts, flavored rice cakes, chewy and cold mochi ice cream, or savory dumpling-esque toppers ...

Whether you’re making mochi cakes, mochi doughnuts, butter mochi, or…well, mochi mochi, the key ingredient for achieving that signature bouncy, chewy texture is mochiko, a type of Japanese rice flour.